Dear Sir, I am working as the publicity chair for the conference. Would you please distribute this CFP for me? Thanks for your help. ********************* UIC-08 Call For Papers ************************* The 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-08) - Building Smart Worlds in Real and Cyber Spaces - http://www.uic-conference.org/2008/ http://www.iu.hio.no/uic08/ Organized by Oslo University College and University of Stavanger, Norway Technical Sponsorship by IEEE Task Force on Intelligent Ubiquitous Computing Oslo, Norway, June 23-25, 2008 ********************************************************** Ubiquitous computers, networks and information are paving a road towards a smart world (SW) in which computational intelligence is distributed throughout the physical environment to provide trustworthy and relevant services to people. This ubiquitous intelligence (UI) will change the computing landscape because it will enable new breeds of applications and systems to be developed; the realm of computing possibilities will be significantly extended. By embedding digital intelligence in everyday objects, our workplaces, our homes and even ourselves, many tasks and processes could be simplified, made more efficient, safer and more enjoyable. Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing, composes these many "smart things/u-things" to create the environments that underpin the smart world. 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. Intelligent/smart things is an emerging research field covering many disciplines. A series of grand challenges exist to move from the world of ubiquitous computing with universal services of any means/place/time to the smart world of trustworthy services with the right means/place/time. UIC-08 is a successor of the 1st Int'l Workshop on Ubiquitous Smart Worlds (USW-05, Taipei, Mar. 2005), the 2nd Int'l Symposium on Ubiquitous Intelligence, Smart Worlds (UISW-05, Japan, Dec. 2005), the 3rd Int'l Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-06, Three Gorges, China, Sept. 2006) and the 4th Int'l Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-07, Hong Kong). It offers a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and experiences in developing intelligent/smart objects, environments, and systems as well as discuss various personal/social/physical issues faced by UI and smart worlds. Topics include but are not limited to the following: 1. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Objects * Electronic Labels, Cards, E-Tags and RFID * Embedded Chips, Sensors & Actuators * MEMS, NEMS, Micro & Biometric Devices * Everyday Goods, Artifacts, Robots, etc. * Smart Appliances and Wearable Devices * Material, Textile, Cloth, Furniture, etc. * Emerging Intelligent/Smart Objects * Embedded Software and Agents 2. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Environments * Room, Home, Office, Laboratory, etc. * Building, Library, School, Campus, etc. * Shop, Clinic, Hospital and Health Care * Street, Yard, Park, Ground, City, etc. * Vehicle, Road, Traffic & Transportation * Land, Pool, Space and Hyperspace * Learning, Sport, Entertainment, etc. * Novel Intelligent/Smart Applications 3. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Systems * Sensor, Ad Hoc & Intelligent Networks * Knowledge Representation and Ontology * Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems * OS, Middleware and Intelligent Platforms * Intelligent Service Association and Architecture * Massive Agents, Swarm/Amorphous Systems * Context-aware, Sentient and Proactive Systems * Novel Intelligent/Smart Systems 4. Personal/Social/Physical Aspects * Real/Cyber World Modeling and Semantics * End-User Interface, Control & Programming * Social/Natural/Physical Model of UI & SW * User/Object Identity and Activity Recognition * Security, Privacy, Safety and Legal/Policy Issues * Emotional, Ethical and Psychological Factors * Implication and Impact of UI and SW * Relations between Real and Cyber Worlds == IMPORTANT DATES == Submission Deadline: January 05, 2008 Authors Notification: March 05, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: April 05, 2008 == ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION == Prepare your paper according to the LNCS format. Submit your paper(s) in PDF-format at the UIC-08 submission site: http://www.iu.hio.no/uic08/sub/ == PAPER PUBLICATION == Accepted papers are planned to be published by Lecture Note in Computer Science (LNCS). Final page limit will be announced later. At least one author of each accepted paper is requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise the paper will be removed from the digital library after the conference. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of the Journal of Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence (JUCI), and the International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (JPCC). == Organizing Committees == General Chairs Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway Mark Burgess, Oslo University College, Norway Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway Program Chairs Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway D. Manivannan, University of Kentucky, USA Michael Beigl, University of Braunschweig, Germany Program Vice Chairs Yo-Ping Huang, Tatung University, Taiwan Oliver Sinnen, University of Auckland, New Zealand Graham Megson, University of Reading, UK Honorary 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 Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany International Advisory Committee Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Victor Callaghan, University of Essex, UK Yookun Cho, Seoul National University, Korea Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA Frank Hsu, Fordham University, USA Ali R. Hurson, Pennsylvania State University, USA Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan Beniamino Di Martino, Second Univ. of Naples, Italy Christian Muller-Schloer, Univ. of Hannover, Germany Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Ivan Stojmenovic, Ottawa University, Canada Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Jhing-Fa Wang, Nat. Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Guangyou Xu, Tsinghua University, China Yaoxue Zhang, Tsinghua University, China Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia Publicity Chairs Yueh-Min Huang, Nat Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Jinhua Guo, University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Hakan Duman, C2I, Germany Ohbyung Kwon, Kyunghee University, Korea International Liaison Chairs Wen Jing Hsu, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore Benxiong Huang, Huazhong Univ. Sci. & Tech., China Leonel Sousa, INESC-ID, Portugal Jong Hyuk Park, Hanwha S&C, Korea Si Qing Zheng, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Award Chairs David Nelson, University of Sunderland, UK Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Demissie Aredo, Oslo University College, Norway Panel Chairs Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia Daqing Zhang, Natl. Inst. of Telecom., France Russell Beale, University of Birmingham, UK Publication Chairs Tony Li Xu, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. Liu Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. Web Administration Chair Ismail Hassan, Oslo University College, Norway Local Arrangement Chairs Siri Fagernes, Oslo University College, Norway Simen Hagen, Oslo University College, Norway Kirsten Ribu, Oslo University College, Norway Kyrre Begnum, Oslo University College, Norway Program Committee See UIC-08 web site: www.iu.hio.no/uic08/ Further questions, please contact with UIC08 Secretariat <uic08@ux.uis.no> ============ End of UIC-08 CFP ================