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Tue Jan 13 2004
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Stefano Basagni, MobiQuitous 2004
x.shi, International Conference on Discourse and Cultural Transformation
Message 1: MobiQuitous 2004
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:48:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Stefano Basagni <basagniECE.NEU.EDU>
Subject: MobiQuitous 2004
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS
MobiQuitous 2004
http://www.mobiquitous.org
The First Annual International Conference on
Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services
August 22-25, 2004 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
(ACM sponsorship pending)
The combination of mobile and ubiquitous computing is emerging as a
promising new paradigm with the goal to provide computing and
communication services all the time, everywhere, transparently and
invisibly to the user, using devices embedded in the surrounding
physical environment. In this context, the communication devices, the
objects with which they interact, or both may be mobile. The
implementation of such a paradigm requires advances in wireless
network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures
supporting cognitive environments, and discovery and identification of
ubiquitous computing applications and services. The first ACM Annual
International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: networking
and services (Mobiquitous 04) will cover all these aspects,
representing a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from
the many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment
will be able to interact exchanging the cross-layer experiences needed
to build the overall ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the
conference include: applications, service-oriented computing,
middleware, networking, agents, knowledge management and databases.
PAPERS: Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished
research, not currently under review by another conference or journal,
are solicited. The conference is interested in contributions
addressing all the areas associated with mobile and ubiquitous
architectures, infrastructure and services. Technical works clearly
identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working
solution are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not
limited to, the following feature topics:
* Ubiquitous architectures and systems
* Wearable computing and personal area network
* Wireless technologies for mobile and ubiquitous communications
(Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi)
* Wireless Internet access in ubiquitous systems
* Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless network
* Service discovery mechanisms, knowledge discovery, matching and
composition mechanisms
* Wireless/mobile service management and delivery
* Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems
* Peer-to-peer knowledge management
* Emerging industrial/business scenarios
* Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile)
* Smart spaces
* Ad hoc and sensor networking
* Localization and tracking
* Context and location aware application
* Multimedia encoding and transcoding
* Middleware services
* Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, and mobile systems
* Hardware and software platforms for ubiquitous systems, and testbeds
* User interfaces
* Toolkits, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous
computing
* Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper submissions will be handled
electronically (see the conference web page for details). Authors
should prepare a Portable Document Format (PDF) or postscript version
of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 8 pages double column (US
Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and
references. The font size must be at least 10 points.
PUBLICATION: All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by
technical program committee members. Accepted papers will be published
in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be
proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Wireless Networks journal.
TUTORIALS: Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Evaluation of
tutorial proposals will be based on the expertise and experience of
the instructors, and on the relevance of the subject matter.
Potential instructors are requested to submit a tutorial proposal of
at most 5 pages, including a biographical sketch, to the Tutorial
Chair by March 1, 2004.
DEMOS: Proposals for research and industrial demos are solicited. A
maximum of 3 pages should be submitted which include a description of
the demo and needed equipment. Proposals should be submitted to the
Demo Chair by March 1, 2004 (responses will be given by April 30,
2004).
IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper registration deadline: FEBRUARY 6 2004, 11:59pm PST
Paper submission deadline: FEBRUARY 13 2004, 11:59pm PST
Notification of acceptance: APRIL 30 2004
Camera-ready version due: MAY 15 2004
Papers submitted to MobiQuitous 2004 must be registered with EDAS by
11:59pm, PST, February 6, 2004. The deadline for submitting a
registered paper is 11:59pm, PST, February 13, 2004.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
* General Co-Chairs
Imrich Chlamtac
University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A.
chlamtacutdallas.edu
Fausto Giunchiglia
Universita` di Trento, Italy
faustodit.unitn.it
* General Vice Co-Chairs
Michele Zorzi
Universita` di Padova, Italy
zorzidei.unipd.it
Valentina Tamma
University of Liverpool, U.K.
vallicsc.liv.ac.uk
* Program Co-Chairs
* NETWORKING
Tom La Porta
Penn State University, U.S.A.
tlpcse.psu.edu
Chiara Petrioli
Universita` di Roma "La Sapienza," Italy
petriolidsi.uniroma1.it
* SERVICES
Tim Finin
Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, U.S.A.
finincs.umbc.edu
Chiara Ghidini
ITC-IRST, Trento, Italy
ghidiniitc.it
* Tutorial Chair
Mani Srivastava
Univ. of California Los Angeles, U.S.A.
mbsucla.edu
* Publicity Co-Chairs
Stefano Basagni
Northeastern University, U.S.A.
Ilya Zaihrayeu
Universita` di Trento, Italy
* Registration Chair
Robin Kravets
Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
* Demo Chair
Yannis Labrou
Fujitsu Labs of America, U.S.A.
yannisfla.fujitsu.com
* Local Arrangements Chair
Prithwish Basu
BBN Technologies, U.S.A.
* Publication Chair
Roger Whitaker
Cardiff University, U.K.
Message 2: International Conference on Discourse and Cultural Transformation
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:08:10 -0500
From: x.shi <x.shiulster.ac.uk>
Subject: International Conference on Discourse and Cultural Transformation
International Conference on Discourse and Cultural Transformation
9-Oct-2004 - 13-Oct-2004, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Call for Papers
Cultural imperialism is one of the most fundamental and pressing
problems in contemporary ordinary and disciplinary life. To initiate
an international forum on how discourse research can promote cultural
co-existence and harmony, we will host an international conference at
Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) between 9th and 13th of October,
2004. We hope to bring together scholars in language and
communication, cultural studies, literary criticism, anthropology,
education, sociology, psychology and other social disciplines and from
a diversity of cultural backgrounds. In this forum, we shall take up
philosophical, theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives
on discourse studies with a view to undermining discourses of cultural
repression and advocating new discourses of cultural cohesion.
Topics include:
*The relationship between discourse and culture
*Cross-fertilisation between cultural studies and discourse studies
*Postcolonialism, diaspora and discourse theory
*Cultural imperialism in language/communication/discourse scholarship
*The international position of non-western scholarship in
language/communication/discourse
*The study of non-western discourses
*Intercultural communication and critical pedagogy
*Discourse studies in China
Please submit a full A4 page abstract, indicating:
1) intellectual backgrounds
2) the central topic and thesis
3) analytical material
The selection process will match these contents against the proposed
themes of the conference.
All abstracts should be received by 31 March 2004. You will receive
notification of the acceptance of your proposal by 30 April 2004.
We seek to publish a selection of the papers with an international
publisher.
For submission see:
http://www.cfl.zju.edu.cn/wyxyzy/conference/discourseconference.htm
Contact: x.shiulster.ac.uk; shixukyahoo.co.uk
'Discourse and Cultural Transformation' Conference
Zhejiang University
School of International Studies
Zijingang Campus
310058
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, CHINA
Tel:(0086) 571 88206252 88206044
Fax:(0086) 571 88206179