MUSIC 2012 - The 3rd International Confernce on Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Intelligent Computing (MUSIC 2012)

** MUSIC 2012 CFPs [Springer-LNEE Proceeding(indexed by EI/SCOPUS)]**



The 3rd International Confernce on Mobile,
Ubiquitous, and Intelligent Computing (MUSIC 2012)

http://www.ftrai.org/music2012

Vancouver, Canada, 26-28 June 2012

Published by Springer - LNEE (EI and SCOPUS Index)


[Important Dates]
Workshop Proposal: October 1, 2011
Paper Submission Deadline: December 15, 2011

[Proceeding]
All accepted regular/full papers will be included in the conference proceedings as one of Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) series published by Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).

[Special Issues]
All accepted and presented papers in MUSIC 2012, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals:
-AT- The Journal of Supercomputing (JoS) - Springer (SCI)
-AT- International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing - Inderscience (SCIE)
-AT- Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) - Springer
-AT- International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience
-AT- Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA
-AT- Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS) - KIPS (KCIE)



The MUSIC 2012 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of Mobile, Ubiquitous and Intelligent computing. The MUSIC 2012 will provide an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of intelligent technologies in mobile and ubiquitous computing environment. In addition, the conference will publish high quality papers which are closely related to the various theories, modeling, and practical applications in MUSIC. Furthermore, we expect that the conference and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject.

MUSIC 2012 is the next event in a series of highly successful the International Workshop on Multimedia, Communication and Convergence technologies MCC-11 (Crete, Greece, June 2011), MCC-10 (Cebu, Philippines, August 2010).


Topics (4 Tracks)


We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Track 1. Mobile Computing

- Tiny Operating systems and Middleware supports

- Peer to Peer Network

- Machine-to-Machine Communications

- Mobile agents

- Mobile system performance

- Wireless communications

- Wireless Body Area Network

- Internet access and mobility

- Trustworthy Internet and communications

- Secured mobile communications

- Mobile data management and processing

- Mobile service management and delivery

- Cross-Layer Design and Optimization

- Algorithms and protocols for cognitive wireless networks

- Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks and Vehicular Technology

- WiMax / Wi-Fi, UWB, Bluetooth Technology

- Mobility Management

- Modeling and simulation of mobile systems

- Smartphone and mobile devices

- Social networks and computing

Track 2. Ubiquitous Computing

- Ubiquitous Computing and Communications

- Embedded systems and softwares

- Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems

- Context modeling and reasoning

- Adaptive and context-aware computing

- Smart object

- Multimodal sensing

- Intelligent platforms

- Ubiquitous Sensor Networks / RFID

- Internet computing and applications

- Parallel/Distributed system

- Grid and cloud computing

- Ad hoc and sensor network

- Human-Computer Interaction

- Human centric computing

- Physical model of UI & SW

- Ethical and psychological factors

- Security and fault tolerance applications

- Ubiquitous database methodologies

- U-learning and E-learning system

- U-Healthcare services

- U-Commerece and E-Commerce

Track 3. Intelligent Computing

- Artificial Intelligence

- Pattern and Speech Recognition

- Fuzzy logic and soft computing

- Neural networks and applications

- Expert systems

- Decision support systems

- Automated problem solving

- Knowledge discovery and representation

- Knowledge acquisition

- Intelligent web-based business

- Intelligent agents and user interface

- Distributed AI algorithms and techniques

- Intelligent information fusion

- Search and meta-heuristics

- Data Warehousing and Data Mining

- Data fusion using neural and fuzzy techniques

- Robotics and Automation

- Integration of AI with other technologies

- Evaluation of AI tools

Track 4. Intelligent and Mobile Services

- Mobile Multimedia system and services

- Mobile Gaming and entertainment

- Agent technologies in wearable and mobile systems

- Location Based Services

- Bioinformatics

- Ambient Intelligence

- Ubiquitous Application Interfaces

- Smart Home Network Middleware

- Smart Home/building/spaces and Generic Interfaces

- Green IT services

- Semantic Web and Grid Services

- Surveillance System


Organizing Committee (TBA)


== Steering Chair ==
James J. Park, SeoulTech, Korea

== General Chair ==
Sang Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea

== General Vice Chairs ==
Shiuh-Jeng Wang, Central Police University, Taiwan
Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, Korea

== Program Chairs ==
Seungmin Rho, Korea University, Korea
Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia

== Program Vice Chairs: TBA ==
Track 1. Mobile Computing:
Track 2. Ubiquitous Computing:
Track 3. Intelligent Computing:
Track 4. Intelligent and Mobile Services:

== Advisory Committee ==
Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan
William I. Grosky, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Dimitrios G. Stratogiannis, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea
Sethuraman Panchanathan, Arizona State University, USA
Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Timothy K. Shih, National Central University, Taiwan
V. Clincy, Kennesaw State University, USA

== Workshop Chairs ==
Min Choi, Wonkwang University, Korea
Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Kin F. Li, University of Victoria, Canada
Neal Naixue XiongNe, Georgia State University, USA

== Publicity Chairs: TBA ==
Borgy Waluyo, Monash University, Australia

== International Liaison Chairs: TBA ==

== Prgram Committee: TBA ==


SUBMISSION and Publicatoions


There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentations in any of the areas of interest for this conference. Authors should submit a paper with 6-8 pages in length, including all figures, tables, and references. If you want to submit more than page limitation, you can add up to 2 extra pages with the appropriate fee payment.

All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).

Papers must strictly adhere to page limits as follows.
- Full Paper: 8 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost)
- Regular Paper: 6 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost)
- Poster Paper: 2 pages (FTRA Publishing Proceeding with ISBN)

Papers exceeding the page limits will be rejected without review.

Please use the Springer Proceedings format for submission. Template is available here:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-...)

Submission system:
http://www.editorialsystem.net/music2012/track1/
http://www.editorialsystem.net/music2012/track2/
http://www.editorialsystem.net/music2012/track3/
http://www.editorialsystem.net/music2012/track4/

Distinguished papers accepted and presented in MUSUC 2012, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals (TBA) :
- The Journal of Supercomputing (JoS) - Springer (SCI)
- International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing - Inderscience (SCIE)
- Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS), Springer
- International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence - Inderscience
- Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA Publishing
- Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS)


Important Dates


Paper Submission deadline : December 15, 2011
Acceptacne Notification : February 28, 2012
Camera-ready Due : March 15, 2012
Registration Due : March 15, 2012
Conference Dates : June 26-28, 2012


Call for Workshop Proposals

Several workshops will be held in conjunction with MUSIC 2012 with the aim to explore special topics and provide international forums for scientists, engineers, and computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results on hot topics on Future Information Technology. Workshops for presenting papers from industrial companies and papers on implementations of systems and services are very welcome. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS). In general, a workshop takes one day, although multiple-days and half-day workshops are welcome.

Please send a workshop proposal by October 1, 2010 to Workshop Co-chair Prof. Min Choi (mchoi-AT-wku.ac.kr).

Financial Support for Workshop Organizer:
If a workshop were organized successfully, the organizer (1 organizer per 1 workshop) will get:

* At least 10 papers registration: Free 1 registration

* At least 20 papers registration: Free 2 registration

== Important Dates ==
October 1, 2011 Workshop Proposal Submission Due
October 31, 2011 Workshop Acceptance Notification
March 15, 2012 Camera-ready paper due
June 26-28, 2012 Workshop/Conference events



Contact Information

If you have any question about the CFP and paper submission,
please email to Prof. Sang-Soo Yeo (sangsooyeo-AT-gmail.com) or Dr. Seungmin Rho (pc.seungminrho-AT-gmail.com).