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Deadline extension, May 18 | AMBIENT 2012 || September 23 - 28, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
by Cristina Pascual 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to AMBIENT 2012. The submission deadline is set to May 18, 2012. In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== AMBIENT 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS AMBIENT 2012, The Second International Conference on Ambient Computing, Applications, Services and Technologies September 23 - 28, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/AMBIENT12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPAMBIENT12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitAMBIENT12.html Submission deadline: May 18, 2012 Proceedings: ISBN: 978-1-61208-235-6 Archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library at http://www.thinkmind.org Printed version can be ordered at http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html All publications will be submitted for major indexing. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a IARIA Journal: http://www.iariajournals.org Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please, check and comply with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html AMBIENT 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Track 1: Ambient computing environments, sensors and hardware Fundamental for ambient computing and mechanisms; Environmental sensing and computing; Distributed ambient and artificial intelligence; Autonomic ambient networks and communications; Smart environments and applications; Ubiquitous and mobile computing Track 2: Ambient computing and modeling Sentient Computing; Tracking and sensing networks; Location-based computing; Ambient context modeling and reasoning; Context-aware computing; Local and global sensing; Multi-sensory and multi-modal fusion Track 3: Ambient devices, applications and systems Ambient media and devices; Ambient content and methods for adding intelligence to media objects; Sentient offices; Smart phones; Glasses and filters for ambient game and movie; Social networks and social computing; Semantic-location; Body sensors; Wearable devices; Smart sensors Track 4: Ambient services, technology and platforms Personalized services; Ambient assisted living (AAL) ; Social games; Domotics (Home Automation) ; Domestic robotics; Intelligent homes; Tele-care and Telemedicine; Mobile media; Mobile learning; Emergency services; Ambient-oriented technologies (wireless, social networks); Universal access; Ambient platforms; Ambient and mobile social networks Track 5: User Friendly Interfaces Haptic interfaces; Smart user interfaces; Ambient interfaces (touch, gesture, haptics, biometrics) ; Multimodal interfaces and interaction Track 6: Ambient Business Models, Privacy and Trust Business model and business cases, security, privacy and trust, Real-life implementations ================================================ Thanks for contributing! Maarten, Petre ------------------------------------------- AMBIENT General Chair Maarten Weyn, Artesis University College of Antwerp, Belgium IARIA Committees Chair Petre Dini, Concordia University - Montreal, Canada | China Space Agency Center - Beijing, China -------------------------------------------

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Deadline extension, May 18 | ADVCOMP 2012 || September 23 - 28, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
by Cristina Pascual 25 Apr '12

25 Apr '12

INVITATION: ================= Please, consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to ADVCOMP 2012. The submission deadline is set to May 18, 2012. In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== ADVCOMP 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS ADVCOMP 2012, The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Engineering Computing and Applications in Sciences September 23 - 28, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ADVCOMP12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPADVCOMP12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitADVCOMP12.html Submission deadline: May 18, 2012 Proceedings: ISBN: 978-1-61208-237-0 Archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library at http://www.thinkmind.org Printed version can be ordered at http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html All publications will be submitted for major indexing. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a IARIA Journal: http://www.iariajournals.org Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and comply with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html ADVCOMP 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Advances on computing theories Finite-state machines; Petri nets /stochastic/colored/probabilistic/etc; Genetic algorithms; Machine learning theory; Prediction theory; Bayesian theory /statistics/filtering/estimation/reasoning/rating/etc; Markov chains/process/model/etc; Graphs theories Advances in computation methods Hybrid computational methods; Advanced numerical algorithms; Differential calculus; Matrix perturbation theory; Rare matrices; Fractals & super-fractal algorithms; Random graph dynamics; Multi-dimensional harmonic estimation Computational logics Knowledge-based systems and automated reasoning; Logical issues in knowledge representation /non-monotonic reasoning/belief; Specification and verification of programs and systems; Applications of logic in hardware and VLSI; Natural language, concurrent computation, planning; Deduction and reasoning; Logic of computation; Dempster-Shafer theory; Fuzzy theory/computation/logic/etc Advances on computing mechanisms Clustering large and high dimensional data; Data fusion and aggregation; Biological sequence analysis; Biomecatronics mechanisms; Biologically inspired mechanisms; System theory and control mechanisms; Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms; Constraint-based algorithms; Ontology-based reasoning; Topology and structure patterns; Geometrical pattern similarity; Strong and weak symmetry; Distortion in coordination mechanisms Computing techniques Distributed computing; Parallel computing; Grid computing; Autonomic computing; Cloud computing; Development of numerical and scientific software-based systems; Pattern-based computing; Finite-element method computation; Elastic models; Optimization techniques; Simulation techniques; Stream-based computing Computational geometry Theoretical computational geometry; Applied computational geometry; Design and analysis of geometric algorithms; Design and analysis of geometric algorithms and data structures; Discrete and combinatorial geometry and topology; Data structures (Voronoi Diagrams, Delaunay triangulations, etc.); Experimental evaluation of geometric algorithms and heuristics; Numerical performance of geometric algorithms; Geometric computations in parallel and distributed environments; Geometric data structures for mesh generation; Geometric methods in computer graphics; Solid modeling; Space Partitioning; Special applications (animation of geometric algorithms, manufacturing, computer graphics and image processing, computer-aided geometry design, solid geometry) Interdisciplinary computing Computational /physics, chemistry, biology/ algorithms; Graph-based modeling and algorithms; Computational methods for /crystal, protein/ structure prediction; Computation for multi-material structure; Modeling and simulation of large deformations and strong shock waves; Computation in solid mechanics; Remote geo-sensing; Interdisciplinary computing in music and arts Cloud computing Hardware-as-a-service; Software-as-a-service [SaaS applicaitions]; Platform-as-service; On-demand computing models; Cloud Computing programming and application development; Scalability, discovery of services and data in Cloud computing infrastructures; Privacy, security, ownership and reliability issues; Performance and QoS; Dynamic resource provisioning; Power-efficiency and Cloud computing; Load balancing; Application streaming; Cloud SLAs, business models and pricing policies; Custom platforms; Large-scale compute infrastructures; Managing applications in the clouds; Data centers; Process in the clouds; Content and service distribution in Cloud computing infrastructures; Multiple applications can run on one computer (virtualization a la VMWare); Grid computing (multiple computers can be used to run one application); Cloud-computing vendor governance and regulatory compliance Grid Networks, Services and Applications GRID theory, frameworks, methodologies, architecture, ontology; GRID infrastructure and technologies; GRID middleware; GRID protocols and networking; GRID computing, utility computing, autonomic computing, metacomputing; Programmable GRID; Data GRID; Context ontology and management in GRIDs; Distributed decisions in GRID networks; GRID services and applications; Virtualization, modeling, and metadata in GRID; Resource management, scheduling, and scalability in GRID; GRID monitoring, control, and management; Traffic and load balancing in GRID; User profiles and priorities in GRID; Performance and security in GRID systems; Fault tolerance, resilience, survivability, robustness in GRID; QoS/SLA in GRID networks; GRID fora, standards, development, evolution; GRID case studies, validation testbeds, prototypes, and lessons learned Computing in Virtualization-based environments Principles of virtualization; Virtualization platforms; Thick and thin clients; Data centers and nano-centers; Open virtualization format; Orchestration of virtualization across data centers; Dynamic federation of compute capacity; Dynamic geo-balancing; Instant workload migration; Virtualization-aware storage; Virtualization-aware networking; Virtualization embedded-software-based smart mobile phones; Trusted platforms and embedded supervisors for security; Virtualization management operations /discovery, configuration, provisioning, performance, etc.; Energy optimization and saving for green datacenters; Virtualization supporting cloud computing; Applications as pre-packaged virtual machines; Licensing and support policies Development of computing support Computing platforms; Advanced scientific computing; Support for scientific problem-solving; Support for distributed decisions; Agent-assisted workflow support; Middleware computation support; High performance computing; Problem solving environments; Computational science and education; Neuronal networks Computing applications in science Advanced computing in civil engineering; Advanced computing in physics science; Advanced computing in chemistry science; Advanced computing in mathematics; Advanced computing in operation research; Advanced computing in economics; Advanced computing in electronics and electrical science; Advanced computing on Earth science, geosciences and meteorology Complex computing in application domains Computation genomic; Management of scientific data and knowledge; Advanced computing in bioinformatics and biophysics; Advanced computing in molecular systems and biological systems; Application of engineering methods to genetics; Medical computation and graphics; Advanced computing in simulation systems; Advanced computing for statistics and optimization; Advanced computing in mechanics and quantum mechanics; Advanced computing for geosciences and meteorology; Maps and geo-images building; Curve and surface reconstruction; Financial computing and forecasting; Advanced computing in robotics and manufacturing; Advanced computing in power systems; Environmental advanced computing ================================================ Thanks for contributing! IARIA Publicity Board ----------------------------------

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CFP: SEMAPRO 2012 || September 23-28, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
by Shun HATTORI 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

日本データベース学会の皆様室蘭工業大学の服部です．セマンティック処理に関する国際会議SEMAPRO2012のCFPです．スペイン・バルセロナで開催され，論文投稿締切は5月7日です． IARIAジャーナルへの推薦もあります．皆様のご投稿をお待ちしております．どうぞ宜しくお願い致します． ============== SEMAPRO 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS SEMAPRO 2012, The Sixth International Conference on Advances in Semantic Processing September 23 - 28, 2012 - Barcelona, Spain General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SEMAPRO12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPSEMAPRO12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitSEMAPRO12.html Submission deadline: May 7, 2012 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a IARIA Journal: http://www.iariajournals.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html SEMAPRO 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Basics on semantics Fundamental of semantics processing; Semantic-based techniques for feature selection; Semantic-based pruning; Semantic interoperability; Semantics uncertainty; Semantics pre-processing and post-processing; Semantics harmonization; Constraint-based semantics processing; Embedded semantics into the discovery process; Semantics in spatial and spatio-temporal models Ontology fundamentals for semantic processing Ontology learning; Ontology for semantic interoperability; Ontologies and data pre-processing; Ontology-based evaluation and semantic patterns; Global core ontologies; Progressive ontologies; Bridging semantics through ontologies; Ontology mapping and ontology visualization; Ontology in information systems; Ontology-based semantic mediation; Ontology design and maintenance for conceptual model integration; Reverse engineering of ontologies from conceptual models Semantic technologies Basics of Ontology and Semantic Web; Semantic storing, computing, representation, communications; Semantic-driven system design; Syntactic and semantic processing models; Hardware and software support for semantic processing; Microprocessors for semantic processing; Multi-model semantic systems; Semantic annotation of multimedia supports; Semantic multimedia information retrieval; Natural language semantic processing; Context-based semantic processing; Content-based semantic processing; Scalability to the Web level; Performance in semantic processing; Information security in semantic processing Semantic Deep Web Ontology plug-in search; Information extraction from the Deep Web /e-commerce sites/; Semantic Deep Web annotation and indexing; Deep Web-based ontology; Semantic Deep Web crawlers; Semantic browsing and visualization; Semantic Deep Web data fusion; Semiautomatic ontology generation; Metrics for quality of ontology; Similarity measures for ontology alignment; Measurements for quality of search; Tools for semantic Deep Web Semantic reasoning Reasoning methods; Reasoning for the Web; Ontology expressiveness; Ontology alignment, mapping and merging; Expressing formal semantics; Languages (RDF, RDF Schema, OWL, etc); Robustness of reasoning on the Web; Patterns on semantic reasoning; Querying and searching; Scalable and tolerant reasoning; Dynamic reasoning for the Semantic Web; Ontologies and problem-solving methods; Computational learning theory; Approximate reasoning/computing; Strategies for abstraction and compression of information; Cognitive semantic reasoning; Attention semantic scoping; Recency-based self-optimizing memory; Cost-benefit trade-off reasoning models; Negotiation in obtaining near-optimal reasoning results under bounded resources Semantic content searching Methodologies for innovative information retrieval technologies; Combinatorial search; Massive search-spaces with heuristics (e.g., based on Monte Carlo simulations); Searching using metadata, semantics, and ontology; Advanced searching in digital libraries; Advanced use of RDF and OWL; Expressiveness of the content ontologies; Inherent inconsistency and incompleteness of data on the Web; Scalability of semantic processing; Specialized search engines (Hakia, Matrixware and seekda) Hypertext and hypermedia semantic Hypertext techniques and semantic applications; Hypertext and ontologies; Hypertext semantic models; Spatial semantic hypertext; Self-organized hypertext; Semantic adaptive hypertext; Web and hypertext link analysis; Hypertexts and semantic Web; Hypertext semantic applications Semantic voice-video-speech (VVS) searching Engines and methods for VVS advanced searching; Patterns in VVS searching; Contextual VVS searching; Rapid VVS searching; Accuracy in VVS searching; Noise in VVS searching; Performance in VVS searching; Metrics for VVS searching; Text and VVS searching; Applications of VVS Semantic multimedia Efficient storage of structured data that scale to a very large size; Automatic generation of multimedia presentations; Advanced process for multimedia information mining; Semantic metadata extraction; Annotation tools and methods for content semantics; Media ontology generation/learning/reasoning; Semantic multimedia streaming; Semantics enabled multimedia applications /annotation/browsing/storage/retrieval/visualization Semantic social media Community detection and evolution in social media; Recommendation and ranking systems; Search in social media; Event detection, trend identification and tracking in social media; Influence, trust and reputation in social media; Opinion/sentiment analysis, polarity identification; Feed distillation and ranking blogs; Mining microblogging and real time data; Folksonomy, tag semantics, clustering and usage; Advertising models for the social web; Indexing social media content, index freshness; Visualizing social network data; Spam detection, social network spam and profile spam Semantic networking Semantic-based QoS (Quality of Service) control and scheduling; Semantic QoE (Quality of Experience) evaluation; Semantic-based Internet data streaming and delivery; Semantics enabled networking and middleware; Semantic routing; Semantic interfaces Domain-oriented semantic applications Semantics for managing pharmaceutical data; Semantic processing for biomedical knowledge; Speech, text and picture recognition; Semantic email workflow and content; Semantic blogs and wikis; Semantic email addressing; Semantic web and digital libraries; Semantic processing in e-Health; Semantic-driven tutoring systems Economics and governance of semantics technologies Organizational views; Legal; Business; Regulations; Assessment; Standards; Harmonization; Cross-nation mediation Semantic applications/platforms/tools Market for semantic technologies; Applications, services and systems based on semantic processing; User friendly semantic system integration tools; Ontology-based data transformation and data migration tools; Ontology mapping tools and languages; Ontology-enabled interoperability in e-science, life sciences, e-business, culture; Commercial cost models for semantic applications; Semantic solutions for business intelligence; Semantic processing platforms ; Supporting ontology platforms/tools (Protege, etc); Semantic query languages (SPARQL, etc); Ontology-enabled search engines; Semantic Web search engines; Interoperability of data, systems, and organizations; Experiments and lessons learned; Standard activities ================================================ -- Shun HATTORI, Dr. Informatics, Assitstant Prof. Computational Intelligence Unit, College of Information and Systems Muroran Institute of Technology 27-1 Mizumoto-cho, Muroran 050-8585, JAPAN Tel: +81-143-46-5498 hattori(a)csse.muroran-it.ac.jp

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DBSJ & ACM SIGMODJ & IEICE DE & FIRST ★「iGreen」★講演会のご案内（4月24日）
by Miyuki Nakano 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

DBSJの皆様 DE研委員長の中野です。 iGreen講演会を4月24日に開催いたします。奮って、ご参加ください。　☆☆☆　4月24日　講演会のご案内　　　☆☆☆ 共催　日本データベース学会　　　ACM SIGMOD日本支部電子情報通信学会データ工学研究専門委員会　　　最先端研究開発支援プログラム（FIRST）: 超巨大データベース時代に　　　向けた最高速データベースエンジンの開発と当該エンジンを核とする　　　戦略的社会サービスの実証・評価日時　4月24日（火）　午後4時〜5時場所　東京大学生産技術研究所　E棟　５階　会議室B（Ew-502） http://www.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/map/index.html Speaker : Prof.Andreas Dengel / DFKI Title : iGreen - Comprehensive Public-Private Knowledge Management in Agriculture 参加費　無料参加ご希望の方は、　日本データベース学会のホームページにて　　　( http://www.dbsj.org/ ) 　　　会員登録の後（会費無料、すでに登録されている方は結構です）、 sigmodj_lecture(a)tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.xn--jp-sb4a 　　　添付の参加申込書をお送り下さい。皆様のご参加をお待ちしております。日本データベース学会理事 ACM　SIGMOD日本支部　支部長　　　川越　恭二　　　　　　　　　　　　電子情報通信学会データ工学研究会委員長　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　中野　美由紀　　　　　　　　　　連絡(問合せ)先　日本データベース学会、　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ACM SIGMOD 日本支部 sigmodj_lecture(a)tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　http://www.dbsj.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To: sigmodj_lecture(a)tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp 　講演会　参加申し込み 4月24日（火）の講演会に参加・名前　　　・ご所属 ------------------------------------------------------------------ プログラム Speaker : Prof.Andreas Dengel / DFKI Title : iGreen - Comprehensive Public-Private Knowledge Management in Agriculture The goal of the iGreen project is to realize a distributed network of location-based services and knowledge sources, i.e. enabling the integration of decentralized, highly heterogeneous public/private information sources. iGreen also aims to provide a framework for the development of mobile decision support systems. These systems use the iGreen network to support and optimize energy efficient, ecological, environmentally friendly collaborative production processes. Possible domains of application that could benefit of the decision support processes provided by iGreen are for example agriculture, forestry, water management, landscaping, environmental and nature conservation. Since crop production is mostly driven by spatial-temporal information, it was chosen as the first showcase to demonstrate how iGreen can enable mobile decision support systems to access highly heterogeneous information sources. For example, the system can use spatial information, such as public geo-data, domain specific knowledge and private user data to deliver real-time, on site, personal and efficient support. In my talk I give insights into the application domain of knowledge management in agriculture, propose an approach to overcome the existing weaknesses and present recent results from the project. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 中野　美由紀東京大学　生産技術研究所　戦略情報融合国際研究センタ Miyuki NAKANO Institute of Industrial Science, Univ. of Tokyo 　　　　　　　　Center for Information Fusion miyuki(a)tkl.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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【ご案内】Google「アニタボルグ記念奨学金・交流会」＆「BOLD インターンシップ」
by Takako Hashimoto 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

日本データベース学会の皆様千葉商科大学の橋本です． Google 「アニタボルグ記念奨学金・交流会」＆「BOLD インターンシップ」の案内を転送いたします．女子学生の皆さまにぜひお知らせいただき，応募を検討いただけると幸いです．よろしくお願い申し上げます．橋本 --- *============================================================== 【ご案内】Google「アニタボルグ記念奨学金・交流会」＆「BOLD インターンシップ」 ============================================================== Google では、世界を変えるような製品やサービスを世に送り出すためには、多様な経験、アイディアや文化を持った人材が集うことが重要であると考えています。そこで、多様な人材の進出が望まれているテクノロジー分野にて、より多くの女性がリーダーとして活躍できるよう、現在二つのプログラムの応募を受け付けております。なお、インターンシップ・奨学金情報や各種イベントの情報を順次 Google+ に投稿しております。ご興味がありましたら、人事採用企画担当（大石）の Google+ のフォローをお願いします:http://goo.gl/22vAM ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ○●○ BOLD インターンシップ ○●○ BOLD （Building Opportunities for Leadership and Development）インターンシップを実施しています。プログラミング言語を駆使しながら実際にプロジェクトに取り組み、ソフトウェア開発の体験をしていただく、人材育成型のインターンシップです。ソフトウェア開発に興味はあるが本格的なプロジェクトに関わったことはない、学校でコーディングを習ったことはあるがユーザーの使うサービスを作った経験がないという方も、ぜひ積極的にご応募ください。 ※ 2010 年の体験談:http://googlejapan.blogspot.com/2012/04/bold.html ※ 2011 年の体験談:http://googledevjp.blogspot.com/2011/09/google.html ※ エンジニアの声:http://www.rikeinavi.com/int/recruit/interview/322 ■ 応募資格: 現在学士課程に在籍中の方コンピュータサイエンス、もしくはそれに近い専攻の方ある程度の英語での読み書き、会話が可能であること ■ 応募締切日: 2012 年 6 月 3 日（日） ■ 応募方法:http://www.google.com/intl/ja/jobs/bold/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ○●○ アニタボルグ記念奨学金・交流会 ○●○ アニタボルグ記念奨学金は 2004 年にアメリカに創設され、今では世界規模で展開しております。日本では 2010 年より開始し、これまでに計 10 名の女子学生が表彰されています。奨学金受賞者とファイナリストは、Google の東京オフィスの交流会にご招待します。また、奨学金受賞者には 1 人あたり 3,500 ドルの奨学金が授与され、 Google シンガポールオフィスで行われる交流会に招かれます。交流会では、講演、パネルディスカッション、ワークショップなどが行われます。 ※ 2010 年の様子:https://sites.google.com/site/anitaborgasia2010/photos（韓国・ソウル） ※ 2011 年の様子:https://sites.google.com/site/anitaborgasia2011/photos（中国・北京） ■ 応募資格: 現在学士、修士、博士課程に在籍する女子学生であることコンピュータサイエンスもしくはそれに近い専攻に在籍のこと ■ 応募締切日: 2012 年 6 月 3 日（日） ■ 応募方法:http://www.google.com/anitaborg/apac/jp/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 皆様のご応募を心よりお待ちしております！ Google インターンシップ・奨学金担当* -- Takako Hashimoto, Ph. D. Coordinator, IEEE R10 Women In Engineering Chair, IEEE Japan Council Women In Engineering Associate Professor,　Chiba University of Commerce 1-3-1, Konodai Ichikawa City, Chiba, 272-8512 Japan,　tel:+81-47-373-4222 takako(a)cuc.ac.jp

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CFP: IEEE WiMob 2012 - October 8 - 10, 2012, Barcelona, Spain
by Jaime Lloret Mauri 18 Apr '12

18 Apr '12

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE WiMob 2012 The 8th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications 8 - 10 October 2012 Barcelona, Spain http://conferences.computer.org/WiMob2012 CALL FOR PAPERS The IEEE WiMob conference is an international forum for the exchange of experience and knowledge among researchers and developers concerned with wireless and mobile technology. For seven years, the International IEEE WiMob conference has provided unique opportunities for researchers to interact, share new results, show live demonstrations, and discuss emerging directions in Wireless Communications, Mobile Networking and Ubiquitous Computing. IEEE WiMob 2012 will be held at Casa Convalesc�ncia, Barcelona, Spain. The conference will be hosted by Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya (UPC). Barcelona is one of the most touristic towns in Europe and capital of the Modernism. In fact, Casa Convalesc�ncia building is one of the great works of Catalan Modernism, and was declared Historical Artistic Monument in 1978 and World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. IEEE WiMob 2012 is soliciting high quality technical papers addressing research challenges in the areas of wireless communications, wireless networking, mobility, nomadicity, ubiquitous computing, services and applications. Papers should present original work validated via analysis, simulation or experimentation. Practical experiences and Testbed trials also are welcome. IEEE WiMob 2012 will host three parallel symposiums, including but not limited to the following topics: 1. Wireless Communications - Broadband Wireless Communication Systems - Channel Measurement and Characterization - Signal Separation and Interference Rejection - Location Estimation and Tracking - Wireless Personal Communications - OFDM and CDMA Technologies and Systems - Multimedia Communications over Wireless - Resource Allocation and Interference Management - Advances in Satellite Communication - MIMO Channels - DSP Applications to Wireless Systems - Multirate and Multicarrier Communications - Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Systems - Link and System Capacity - Modulation and Coding - Spectrum Usage and Cognitive radio systems - Multiple Access Techniques - Cognitive and cooperative MAC - Multiuser Detection 2. Mobile Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity - Mobile IP Networks - Energy-efficient protocols for wireless networks - Inter-working of 2G, 3G and 4G Wireless Networks - Green wireless network architectures and communication protocols - Security, Privacy and Authentication in Mobile Environments - Opportunistic networks - Cellular Systems, PCS Modeling and Configuration - Vehicular wireless networks - Wireless Sensor Networks - Wireless Mesh networks - Cross-layer Design and Optimization - Delay Tolerant Networks - Cross-layer security - Integration of ad hoc networks with wireless access networks - Congestion and Admission Control - QoS support for mobile networks - Mobility patterns, Location and Handoff Management - RFID networks and protocols - Design and Analysis of Wireless LAN/WAN - B3G/4G Systems, WiMAX, WLAN, WPAN - Wireless multicasting, broadcasting and geocasting - Optimization models and algorithms 3. Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications - Emerging Wireless/Mobile applications - Portable Devices and Wearable Computers - System prototypes, real deployments and experimentation - Passive, Active and Smart Tags for Ubiquitous Computing - Cognitive Radio applications and spectrum management - Context and Location aware applications - Resource and service discovery - Data replication and dissemination in mobile networks - Mobile Social Wireless Networks - Mobile Urban Sensing and Crowd-sensing - Opportunistic Applications - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in WSNs - Gaming Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments - Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing - Intelligent Transport Systems applications - Wireless communications to vehicle-to-grid applications - Multimedia over Wireless Networks - Wireless telemedicine and e-health services - Network Coding in wireless networks - Content distribution in wireless home environment - Security, Privacy and Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing - Service oriented architectures, service portability, P2P - Green computing in wireless networks Authors are required to submit anonymous fully formatted papers (PDF), with graphs, images, and other special areas arranged as intended for the final publication. Papers should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard conference format (8.5" x 11" - US letter, Two-Column). The initial submission for review will be limited to 8 pages. The final manuscript for publication will be limited to 8 IEEE pages. Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference, otherwise it will not be included in the conference proceedings and it will not be indexed and archived through IEEExplore. You can find a copy of the IEEE standard conference template for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats at: http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/confer…. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission Deadline: May 16, 2012 Notification of Acceptance: July 1, 2012 Camera Ready Papers Due: July 20, 2012 GENERAL CHAIR Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France GENERAL CO-CHAIRS JORGE GARCIA-VIDAL, Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya, Spain VICENTE CASARES-GINER, Universidad Polit�cnica de Valencia, Spain STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR Samuel Pierre, �cole Polytechnique de Montr�al, Canada STEERING COMMITTEE Abderrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France Do Van Thanh, Telenor & Norwegian Univ. of Science & Technology, Norway Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada Ibrahim Habib, City University of New York, USA Khaled Ben Letaief, Hong Kong University of Sci. & Tech. Pierre Boucher, Ericsson Research Canada Samuel Pierre, �cole Polytechnique de Montr�al, Canada PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS WEN CHEN, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China ALEJANDRO QUINTERO, �cole Polytechnique de Montr�al, Canada JOSE M. BARCELO-ORDINAS, Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya, Spain WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS RONALD BEAUBRUN, Universite Laval, Canada Ali Miri, Ryerson University, Canada PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS NAM TRAN XUAN, Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam MARC ST-HILAIRE, Carleton University, Canada JAIME LLORET MAURI, Universidad Polit�cnica de Valencia, Spain LOCAL CO-CHAIRS LLOREN� CERD�-ALABERN, Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya, Spain JOSE M. BARCELO-ORDINAS, Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya, Spain

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CFP: GreeNets 2012: October 24-26, 2012 - Gandia, Spain
by Sandra Sendra 17 Apr '12

17 Apr '12

==================================================================================== 2nd International Conference on Green Communications and Networking - GreeNets 2012 24th and 26th October 2012 Gandia, Spain http://greenets.org/ ==================================================================================== HIGHLIGHTS - The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation (www.eai.eu) a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT - All accepted papers will be published by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library, one of the world's largest scientific libraries - Proceedings will be submitted for indexing by Google Scholar, ISI, EI Compendex, Scopus and many more CALL FOR PAPERS [Scope] Global warming and climate change have been a growing worldwide concern. Six sources, i.e., transportation, power, buildings, industry, agriculture and forestry, and land use, have been identified as major contributors to the rise of global carbon dioxide (CO2). The mobile industry is seen as a potential enabler to reduce greenhouse gases contributed by these six sources provided that appropriate measures are implemented. On the other hand, the mobile industry itself will also contribute to CO2 emission through network operations, mobile equipments, etc. To meet the requirement of low-carbon economy development, it is necessary to reduce the operation expenditure or energy consumption of mobile networks, while maintaining acceptable quality of service. This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of designing, building, and deploying GreeNets. In this regard, the conference aims to establish a forum to bring together research professionals from diverse fields including green mobile networks, system architectures, networking & communication protocols, applications, test-bed and prototype, traffic balance and energy-efficient cooperation transmission, system and application issues related to GreeNets. [Topics] The conference invites original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Communications and Networking: Communication techniques and protocols for GreeNets Energy-efficient transmission technologies based on the cooperation communication Scalable and flexible energy efficiency mobile network architectures, deployments, and applications - Energy-efficient network architecture & protocols: Scalability and mobility issues in energy efficiency cross-layer design MAC Protocols and QoS Designing for mobile networks - Systems and Technology: Transactions and workflows in green mobile networks Adaptability and stability of green mobile networks Mobile and multimedia supported green mobile networks Experimental and test bed studies for energy efficiency mobile networks, simulation tools - Energy-efficient management: Energy-efficient traffic balance, cooperation and management Distributed energy efficiency resource management techniques Protocols for cooperative management and control [Publications] Accepted papers will be published in Springer's LNICST series and will appear in the SpringerLink, one of the largest digital libraries online that covers a variety of scientific disciplines, as well as in the ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL). LNICST volumes are submitted for inclusion to leading indexing services, including DBLP, Google Scholar, ACM Digital Library, ISI Proceedings, EI Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus. [Paper submission] All the papers formatted according with the instructions have to be submitted through the conference online system at: http://greenets.org/submission.shtml [Important dates] Abstract Submission Deadline: May 1, 2012 Full Paper Deadline: May 10, 2012 Notification of Acceptance: June 11, 2012 Camera-ready: July 16, 2012 Conference dates: 24th - 26th October 2012 [Conference organising committees] General Co-Chairs: Jaime Lloret, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Joel Rodrigues, Institute of Telecommunications, University of Beira Interior, Portugal TPC Co-Chairs: Liang Zhou, Nanjing University of Posts and Telcommunications, China Eduardo Nakamura, Federal Univ. of Amazonas, Brazil Industry Track Chair: Jose Maria Alcaraz Calero, Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK Workshop Chair: Javier Aguiar, University of Valladolid, Spain Special Session Chair: Jose Soler, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark Panel Chair: A.v. Senthil Kumar, HINDUSTHAN College of Arts & Science, India Posters Chair: Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia Local Co-Chairs: Diana Bri, Universidad Politecncia de Valencia, Spain Miguel Garcia, Universidad Politecncia de Valencia, Spain Publicity Chairs: Sandra Sendra, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Min Chen, Seoul National University, Korea Web Chair: Alejandro Canovas, Universidad Politecncia de Valencia, Spain Steering Committee: Athanasios Vasilakos, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece Imrich Chlamtac, Creat-Net, Italy ABOUT EAI The European Alliance for Innovation is a dynamic eco-system for fostering ICT enabled innovation to improve European competitiveness and to benefit society. EAI uses open e-platforms to inspire grassroots collaboration among all relevant actors, from organizations to individuals, to stimulate community driven innovation to its institutional and individual members worldwide. Through EAI, organizations find ideas and talent, and individual innovators find organizations for their ingenuity and craft. Join the innovation community at www.eai.eu UNSUBSCRIBE If you believed you have received this email in error, or do not want to receive emails from us in the future, please send an email to unsubscribe(a)eai.eu

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Last Mile, April 20 || CfP: SENSORCOMM 2012 || August 19-24, 2012 -Rome, Italy
by Cristina Pascual 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to SENSORCOMM 2012. The submission deadline is set to April 20, 2012. In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== SENSORCOMM 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS SENSORCOMM 2012: The Sixth International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications August 19-24, 2012 - Rome, Italy General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SENSORCOMM12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPSENSORCOMM12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitSENSORCOMM12.html Submission deadline: April 20, 2012 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and comply with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html SENSORCOMM 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) APASN: Architectures, protocols and algorithms of sensor networks Network planning, provisioning and deployment; Network Architectures for Sensor Networks; Network Protocols for Sensor Networks; Structural design; Distributed Sensor Networks; Dynamic sensor networks; Scalable and heterogeneous architectures; Hierarchical clustering architectures; Group-based Architectures; Network topologies; Mesh networking; Device centric sensor networks; Distributed coordination algorithms; Topology construction; Routing protocols; Routing Metrics; Distributed Algorithms; Attribute-based named nets; Mobility and Scalability; Attribute-based named Sensor Networks; Query optimization; Self-organization and self-configuration algorithms; Reconfigurability; Time Synchronization; MAC protocols for sensor networks (801.11, 802.15.4, UWB, etc); Location and time service; Integration with other systems; Distributed inference and fusion; Cross-layer design and optimization; Complexity analysis of algorithms; Sensor networks and the Web; Integration with other systems (e.g., Web-based information systems, process control, enterprise software, etc.); Target tracking; RFID tags; Traffic scheduling MECSN: Energy, management and control of sensor networks Energy models; Energy optimization; Energy management; Power-aware and energy-efficient design; Power sources in sensor networks; Battery technology; Power management; Algorithms and theories for management; Communication strategies for topology control; Algorithms and theories for supervisory control; Sensor tasking and control; Distributed control and actuation; Location and mobility management; Bandwidth management; Distributed networked sensing; Resource provisioning; Resource management and dynamic resource management; Schemes to maximize accuracy and minimize false alarms; Online self-calibration and self-testing; Handoff and mobility management and seamless internetworking; Distributed actuation and control; Topology control RASQOFT: Resource allocation, services, QoS and fault tolerance in sensor networks Algorithms to support quality of service in sensor networks; Protocols to support quality of service in sensor networks; QoS/SLA in sensor networks; Provisioning of QoS in terms of bandwidth and delay assurance; System services and distributed services in sensor networks; Delay tolerant networks and opportunistic networking; Failure resilience and fault isolation; Information assurance in sensor networks; Fault tolerance and reliability; Admission control; Resource allocation and fairness; Real-time resource scheduling; Scheduling and optimisation; Capacity planning PESMOSN: Performance, simulation and modelling of sensor networks Performance measurement of sensor networks; Performance evaluation and analysis of sensor networks; Performance comparison on capacity, coverage and connectivity; Modelling techniques of sensor networks; Validation of sensor network architectures; Simulation and theoretical analysis; Simulation software tools and environments; Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness and scalability; Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation; Platform modelling and analysis tools; Analytical, mobility and validation models; System debugging and testing SEMOSN: Security and monitoring of sensor networks Security and privacy in sensor networks; Reliability aspects in sensor networks; Monitoring distributed sensor networks; Mechanisms for authentication; Secure communication in sensor networks; Encryption algorithms for sensor networks; Sensor secure management; Data integrity; Trustworthiness issues in sensor networks; Trade-off analysis SECSED: Sensor circuits and sensor devices Methods for sensor deployment; Instrumentation and models for deployment of sensors networks; Sensor architecture; Abstractions for modular design; Design and deployment of embedded system platforms; Embedded architectures and tools; Embedded processors; Embedded chip design; Micro and Nano devices; Biosensors; Optical sensors; Smart sensors; Acoustic Sensors; Microwave sensors; Middleware design; Sensor Prototypes; Sensor node components; Sensor interfaces; Actuators; Independent Component Analysis; Design of cost effective and economical sensors; Smart Material Applications to design sensors; Microfabrication Technologies for Microsystem Integration; Integration of sensors into engineered systems; Hardware platforms; Test-beds incorporating multiple sensors; Operating system and middleware support RIWISN: Radio issues in wireless sensor networks Wireless Sensor Communications; Network connectivity& longevity; Tracking objects; Geo-location problems; Network coverage; Algorithms for sensor localization and tracking; Detection, classification and estimation; Physical layer impact on higher level protocols; Directional and smart antennas for sensor networks; Coverage maintenance; Transceiver and antenna design; Ubiquitous wireless connectivity SAPSN: Software, applications and programming of sensor networks Applications and demonstrations of sensor networks; Software platforms and development tools; Architectural design and optimization tools for sensor nodes; Computation and programming models of sensor networks; Languages and operating systems of Sensors; Programming and Interfacing; Programming abstraction; Programming models for sensors; Programming methodology for sensor environments; Intelligent sensor theory and applications; Machine learning applications to sensor networks; Wireless sensor applications; Applications for sensor network management; Software tools for chip programming; Application requirements; Application evaluation and comparison; Demos and prototype testing DAIPSN: Data allocation and information in sensor networks Techniques for the interpretation and use of sensor data in decision-making processes; Distributed data processing; Distributed signal processing; Array signal processing; Statistical signal processing; Distributed query processing; Distributed information processing; Distributed algorithms for collaborative information and signal processing; Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration; Coding and information theory; In-network processing and aggregation; Data analysis and visualisation; Data storage in sensor networks; Data retrieval; Data dissemination; Data compression and aggregation; Data transport in wireless sensor networks; Data gathering and fusion in wireless sensor networks; Theories and models on fundamental information and communication aspects of sensor networks; Redundancy DISN: Deployments and implementations of sensor networks Methods for sensor networks deployment; Practical implementations and real-world experiences; Real-life deployments; System implementation; End-user aspects; Operational experience and test-beds; Industrial and commercial developments and applications; Measurements from experimental systems, test-beds and demonstrations; Intelligent sensors, body sensors and their utilisation; Analysis of real-world systems and fundamental limits; Smart Sensors for building surveillance; Sensing in health care; Games using sensor networks; Peer-to-peer, overlay, and content distribution wireless sensor networks; Use cases (e.g., Automotive, Battlefield, Defense, Construction, Disaster recovery, Environmental, Medical, Security, Biomedical, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, etc.); Sensor networks for Rural and Agricultural environments; Sensors for railway systems; Pattern Recognition; Machine Intelligence; Sensor-equipped Smart Environment; Deployments in Harsh Environments; Potential application areas UNWAT: Under water sensors and systems Protocols for underwater sensor networks; Underwater hardware; Underwater wired systems; Underwater wireless sensor networks; Underwater sensors for neutrino telescopes; Acoustic and radio underwater communication; Aquatic environments and applications; Unmanned underwater exploration; Underwater localization and knowledge acquisition; Scalable underwater monitoring and measurement systems; Fixed and mobile underwater wireless sensors; Aquatic surveillance applications; QoS/Performance in underwater communication; Surface-floating and underwater sensor communication; Access control in underwater networks; Latency effects for critical applications and synchronization; Synchronization and delays in underwater sensor networks; Localization in underwater sensor networks; Advanced underwater sensor-based applications ENOPT: Energy optimization in wireless sensor networks Energy supply, lifetime and transmission power; Energy efficiency; State-driven energy optimization; Power consumption models; Energy-aware adaptive low power; Optimal energy-aware clustering; Lifetime-oriented energy provisioning; Sensor placement and accessibility; Random sensor deployment and density function; Fixed and adjustable transmission power; Traffic and energy consumption rate; Energy-efficient topology control; Energy optimization in multi-hop communications; Energy harvesting for autonomous sensors ==================== ----------------------------- IARIA Publicity Board

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論文募集：UrbComp 2012
by Yoshiharu Ishikawa 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

日本データベース学会の皆様名古屋大学の石川です．8月に開催のACM SIGKDDのワークショップUrbCompのアナウンスを依頼されたました．アーバンセンシングに関するワークショップですが，モバイルデータベース，位置情報サービス，センサデータベースなどに関連するかと思います．締切は5/27です． UrbComp 2012にフルペーパーで採録された論文は，ACM Trans. on Intelligent Systems and Technology (TIST)の特集号にinviteするとのことです． ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ACM SIGKDD International Workshop on Urban Computing (UrbComp 2012) August 12, 2012 - Beijing, China Held in conjunction with the 18th ACM SIGKDD 2012 http://www.cs.uic.edu/~urbcomp2012/ == Topics of Interest == Topics of interest include, but not limited to, the following aspects : - Urban sensing and city dynamics sensing - City-wide traffic modeling, visualization, analysis, and prediction - City-wide human mobility modeling, visualization, and understanding - Urban computing for urban planning and city configuration evaluation - Urban environment/pollution/energy consumption monitoring and data analysis - City-wide intelligent transportation systems - Anomaly detection and event discovery in a city - Social behavior modeling, understanding, and patterns mining in urban spaces - Discover regions of interests and regions of different functions - Mining public transportation data, such as ticketing data in bus and subway systems, road pricing data, and taxi data - City-wide mobile social applications in urban areas - Location-based social networks enabling urban computing scenarios - Smart recommendations in urban spaces - Intelligent delivery services in cities - Mining data from the Internet of Things in urban areas == Important Dates == - Paper submission: May 27, 2012 (PCT 11:59:59PM) - Notification of acceptance: June 12, 2012 - Camera-ready copies due: June 14, 2012 == Chairs == - General Chair: Ouri E. Wolfson (U. Illinois at Chicago) - Program Chairs: Yu Zheng (MSRA)

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Call for Participation: the First Extremely Large Databases Conference at Asia (XLDB Asia 2012)
by Satoshi Oyama 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

日本データベース学会の皆様北海道大学の小山です。6月22日〜23日に北京で開催される国際会議 XLDB Asia 2012の参加案内をお送りさせて頂きます。 Lightning talk proposalの締切が4月30日となっております。参加をご検討頂けましたら幸いです。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation: the First Extremely Large Databases Conference at Asia (XLDB Asia 2012) http://www.xldb-asia.org The Extremely Large Databases (XLDB) series of Conferences/workshops (xldb.org) have been held successfully in USA and Europe in recent years. The first XLDB satellite conference at Asia (XLDB Asia) will be held at Beijing, China on June 22-23, 2012. This conference will bring together people with highly demanding data challenges, and researchers and solution providers who are developing systems to address such challenges. The conference will facilitate discussions on: * The state of the art data handling technologies on extremely large datasets; * Practical use cases of current and anticipated data challenges; * Lessons and innovations on building extremely large databases; * Trends and strategies for surmounting current hurdles. The conference will provide a meeting place for database researchers, for businesses with advanced solutions, and for people from many research disciplines, industries and organizations who need to urgently address real data challenges. The program will include invited talks representing database-intensive scientific and industrial applications, database research and DBMS vendors. The conference will also invite proposals for lightning talks (allocated five minutes per talk), followed by poster discussions. If you are interested in giving a lightning talk, please send an abstract with less than 500 words to lightningtalks(a)xldb-asia.org before April 30, 2012. Dates Lightning talk proposal deadline: April 30, 2012. Registration Deadline: June 5, 2012 Meeting starts: Friday, June 22, 2012 Meeting ends: Saturday, June 23, 2012 Venue Beijing Friendship Hotel, Beijing, China Program Committee * Jacek Becla (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, USA) * Lei Chen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) * Wei Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) * Martin Kersten (CWI, the Netherlands) * Rubao Lee (Ohio State University, USA) * Beng Chin OOI (National University of Singapore) * Satoshi Oyama (Hokkaido University, Japan) * Xiaofeng Meng (Renmin University, China) * Sanghyun Park (Yonsei University, Korea) * Fusheng Wang (Emory University, USA) * Haixun Wang (Microsoft Research Asia, China) * Xiaoyang Sean Wang (Fudan University, China) * Jan-Jan Wu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) * Zhiwei Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) * Xiaofang Zhou (The University of Queensland, Australia) Organizing Committee XLDB Asia General Chair * Xiaofeng Meng (Renmin University, China) XLDB Asia Program Committee Chair * Fusheng Wang (Emory University, USA) XLDB Asia Organizing Chair * Zhiwei Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) XLDB Series Chair * Jacek Becla (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, USA) Local Organizing Committee * Wei Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) * Xiaofeng Meng (Renmin University, China) * Fusheng Wang (Emory University, USA) * Haixun Wang (Microsoft Research Asia, China)

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