ESA 2011 - Second IEEE International Symposium on Advanced Topics on Embedded Systems and Applications (IEEE ESA 2011)

Second IEEE International Symposium on Advanced
Topics on Embedded Systems and Applications
(IEEE ESA-11)

Organizers: School of Information Science and Engineering & School of Software, Central South University, China
Venue & Dates: Changsha, China, November 16-18, 2011
http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/esa2011

Introduction
A variety of embedded systems such as home media systems, portable players, smart phones, and automotive embedded systems have surrounded the human beings, and continued the convergence of communications and computing functions with these devices. Embedded systems are transforming themselves into really complex systems, thus they can create more opportunities and challenges to develop more powerful and energy efficient processors, peripherals and other accessories. The goal of the Second IEEE International Symposium on Advanced Topicss on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA 2011), is to bring together researchers both in industry and academia from the field of embedded systems and applications, to disseminate the recent advances made in the area, discuss future research directions, and exchange application experiences.

Scope and Interests
The IEEE ESA-11 Symposium consists of peer-reviewed papers in the field of embedded systems and applications. The IEEE ESA-11 Symposium aims to provide an additional forum within IEEE ICESS 2011 for presenting, exchanging and discussing the most recent advances in different aspects of embedded computing, systems and applications, including:

(1) Embedded System Architectures
(2) Embedded System Software
(3) Embedded System Optimization
(4) Embedded Software and Agents
(5) Real-Time Systems and Operating Systems
(6) Application-Specific Processors and Devices
(7) Power-Aware Computing
(8) System/Network-on-Chips
(9) Reconfigurable Computing Systems and Applications
(10) Cyber-Physical Systems
(11) Pervasive Computing and Communications
(12) Middleware and Peer-to-Peer Computing
(13) Reconfigurable Computing
(14) QoS Provisioning for Embedded Systems
(15) Embedded Database & Multimedia Systems
(16) Consumer Electronics
(17) Case Studies and Industry Experiences
(18) Miscellaneous Emerging Topics

Submission and Publication Information
The accepted papers from this symposium will be published by IEEE Computer Society in IEEE ICESS-11 conference proceedings (indexed by EI Compendex and ISTP). Papers should be written in English conforming to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Format (8.5" x 11", Two-Column). Papers should be submitted through the paper submission system at the symposium website. Each paper is limited to 6 pages (or 10 pages with the over length charge). Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in two special issues: (1) Elsevier's Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA); (2) IEICE's Transactions on Information and Systems, both to be indexed by SCI and EI. Submitting a paper to the symposium means that, if the paper is accepted, at least one author should attend the symposium and present the paper. For no-show authors, their papers will be removed from the IEEE Computer Society digital library after the symposium and their affiliations will be notified.

Important Dates
(1) Paper submission due: July 25, 2011 (Extended Firm Deadline)
(2) Notification of decision: August 30, 2011
(3) Camera-ready papers due: September 30, 2011

General Co-Chairs
Geyong Min, University of Bradford, UK
Zhe Tang, Central South University, China

Program Co-Chairs
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Guojun Wang, Central South University, China

Program Committee (in alphabetical order)
Stefan Andrei, Lamar University, USA
Rong-Guey Chang, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan
Ya-Shu Chen, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Juan Chen, National University of Defense Technology, China
Albert Cheng, University of Houston, USA
Guojing Cong, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
Hongjun Dai, Shandong University, China
Yoginder S. Dandass, Mississippi State University, USA
Sebastian Fischmeister, University of Waterloo, Canada
Narayan Ganesan, University of Delaware, USA
Antonio Gentile, University of Palermo, Italy
Luis Gomes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Rajiv Gupta, University of California, USA
Takuji Hieda, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Seongsoo Hong, Seoul National University, Korea
Pao-Ann Hsiung, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Wei Hu, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China
Zhiping Jia, Shandong University, China
Kyoung-Don (KD) Kang, State University of New York Binghamton, USA
Chin-Fu Kuo, National Univ. of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Jian Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Wenyu Liu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Jogesh Muppala, Hong Kong University of Science and Tech, Hong Kong
Tatuso Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan
Thomas Nolte, Malardalen University, Sweden
Gilles Pokam, Intel, USA
Yong Qi, Xi'an Jiao Tong University, China
Zhengwei Qi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Gang Quan, Florida International University, USA
Jim Ras, University of Houston, USA
Ching-Lung Su, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Yuqing Sun, Shandong University, China
Ali S. Tosun, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Lorenzo Verdoscia, ICAR National Research Council, Italy
Salvatore Vitabile, University of Palermo, Italy
Shengquan Wang, University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA
Qixin Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Hongxing Wei, Beihang University, China
Gang Wu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Jun Wu, National Pingtung Institute of Commerce, Taiwan
Weigang Wu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Junfeng Xu, Dalian University of Technology, China
Jiang Xu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Jason Xue, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jianfeng Yang, Wuhan University, China
Jiong Zhang, Beihang University, China
Qing Zhang, Australian E-Health Research Centre, Australia
Ting Zhang, Iowa State University, USA
Youtao Zhang, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Nenggang Zheng, Zhejiang University, China
Yongxin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Publicity Co-Chairs
Lan Wang, University of Huddersfield, UK
Hamid Mehrvar, Ciena Corp./University of Ottawa, Canada
Feilong Tang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Jianguo Yao, McGill University and Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada

Webmasters
Zhengli Xiong, Central South University, China
Xiaofei Xing, Central South University, China

Contact
Please email inquiries concerning IEEE ESA 2011 to:
Prof. Laurence T. Yang: ltyang AT stfx DOT ca and the workshop organizers (esa2011changsha AT gmail DOT com).