Mobilware 2012 - 5th International Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Operating Systems, and Applications

5th International ICST Conference on Mobile Wireless Middleware, OSs, and
Applications - MOBILWARE 2012

Annual Theme: "Mobile Middleware for M2M Interaction and Smart City
Applications"

13-14 November, 2012
Berlin, Germany
http://mobilware.org/


HIGHLIGHTS

- The conference is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, 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
- Extended versions of selected best papers will be invited for journal
submission (fast review track) to "ICST Transactions on Mobile
Communications and Applications" and "ICST Transactions on Ubiquitous
Environments".
- Mobilware 2012 will be held in conjunction with the 3rd FOKUS FUSECO
Forum on Future Seamless Communication, Berlin, Germany, November 15 & 16,
2012, www.fuseco-forum.org/2012

CALL FOR PAPERS

[Scope]

The advances in wireless communication technologies and the proliferation
of mobile devices have enabled the realization of intelligent environments
for people and machines to communicate with each other, interact with
information-processing devices, and receive a wide range of mobile
wireless services through various types of networks and systems
everywhere, anytime. A key enabler of these pervasive and ubiquitous
connectivity environments is the advancement of software technology in
various communication sectors, ranging from communication middleware and
operating systems to networking protocols and applications.

[Topics]

The conference solicits original technical papers, not previously
published and not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Topics
of interest include but are not limited to:
- New middleware concepts for mobile devices
- Mobile middleware enabling M2M communication
- People-centric collaborative sensing
- Scalable processing and data analytics over mobile sensors-generated
datastreams
- Smart space/city middleware and applications
- Middleware for mobile cloud computing
- Novel applications and communication protocols for wireless sensor
networks, vehicular networks, and home networks
- End-to-end architectures for seamless ubiquitous service provisioning
and deployment
- Integration of heterogeneous wired and wireless networks
- QoS awareness, adaptation, and fault-tolerance of mobile services
- Opportunistic and delay-tolerant mobile and wireless networking
- Location-aware and context-aware networking and computing
- Energy-efficient applications, services and middleware
- Mobility and handoff management
- Location and tracking support and services
- Human-computer interface and portable 3D graphics for mobile devices
- Modeling, simulation, and performance evaluation of mobile wireless
systems and services
- Trustworthiness, security, and privacy of mobile and wireless systems
- Thin client technologies, Mobile Web APIs, BONDI, WAC, Html5
- Impact of IMS, RCS, RCS-e, EPC and LTE on the evolution of mobile middleware

[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.

[Best paper award]

The program committee will designate one paper accepted to the conference
as MOBILWARE 2012 Best Paper. The winner will be declared during the
conference.

[Journal Special Issues]

Extended versions of selected best papers will be invited for journal
submission (fast review track) to "ICST Transactions on Mobile
Communications and Applications" and "ICST Transactions on Ubiquitous
Environments".

[Tutorial proposals]

Proposals for Tutorials are solicited. Potential Tutorial organizers are
requested to submit a three-page proposal in PDF format, including a
biographical sketch of each proponent and a short bibliographical
reference list, to the Tutorial Chair by June 15, 2012. The tutorials can
be full or half-day long. Proposal evaluation will be based on proponents'
expertise and tutorial relevance to the conference.

[Paper submission]

All the papers formatted according with the instructions have to be
submitted through the conference online system at:
http://mobilware.org/2012/show/initial-submission.

[Important dates]

Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012
Notification of Acceptance: August 17, 2012
Camera Ready Deadline: September 14, 2012
Conference Date: 13-14 November, 2012

[Conference organising committees]

General Chairs:

Paolo Bellavista - University of Bologna (Italy)
Thomas Magedanz - FOKUS Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)

TPC Co-Chairs:

Cristian Borcea, New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)
Florian Schreiner, FOKUS Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)

Tutorial Chair:

Iulian Sandu Popa, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin (France)

Publicity Chair:

Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil)

Publications and Web Chair:

Carlo Giannelli, University of Bologna (Italy)

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