PerCom 2012 - Fifth Annual Ph.D. Forum on Pervasive Computing and Communications

Fifth Annual Ph.D. Forum on Pervasive Computing and Communications

IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications

PerCom 2012 (http//www.percom.org/)

Lugano, Switzerland, March 19 - 23, 2012

*** Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2011 ***


PerCom 2012 will host the Fifth Annual Ph.D. Forum on Pervasive Computing and Communications. The Ph.D. Forum will provide an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present their dissertation research, including work in progress, to the pervasive computing and communication community. In addition, the Forum will provide participants individualized access to established pervasive computing and communications researchers. The Forum will be organized as a combined one-day workshop prior to the PerCom conference and a poster session during the main conference to encourage interaction between Ph.D. students and researchers from academia, industry, and government.

Current Ph.D. students and researchers who have completed their Ph.D. dissertations since May 2011 are encouraged to submit extended abstracts. Submissions that are substantially similar to presentations at the 2011 PerCom Ph.D. Forum are not allowed. The Ph.D. student should be the sole author, although contributions of the advisor and others should be acknowledged. Submissions will be reviewed by the Ph.D. Forum Committee to ensure quality and relevance. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to travel to PerCom 2012 to participate in the Ph.D. Forum Workshop (to be held on March 19) and to present a poster at the PerCom'12 conference. Standard PerCom 2012 registration fees apply. Participants who are current full-time students are eligible for the student registration fee.

The Ph.D. Forum Committee will evaluate all of the submitted extended abstracts. Accepted abstracts will appear in the conference proceedings and will be indexed by DBLP and the IEEE digital library. A second evaluation phase will occur at the conference based on the poster and the participants' discussions during the poster session. Special recognition will be given to the most innovative and/or most promising research project(s) presented at the Ph.D. Forum. As in previous years, we expect to receive sponsorship for this event from Google.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

Ph.D. students are invited to submit two-page extended abstracts that describe current research and potential contributions to theory and innovation in pervasive computing and communications. The extended abstract needs to be registered by November 30, 2011 and the two-page submission must be received by no later than December 15, 2011. Extended abstracts should include the author's name, affiliation, and email address. Submissions must be PDF files and be written in English. Submissions should be no more than two pages in length (all inclusive) and adhere to the IEEE two-column conference format (the same format as shown for paper submission to Percom'12).

All manuscripts must be registered and submitted electronically through EDAS.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Registration of extended abstract: November 30, 2011

Extended abstract submission deadline: December 15, 2011

Notification of acceptance: January 7, 2012

Camera-ready paper due: January 27, 2012

PerCom 2012: March 19-23, 2012

Ph.D. FORUM CHAIR:
Jadwiga Indulska, The University of Queensland, Australia

Ph.D. FORUM COMMITTEE

Claudio Bettini, University of Milano, Italy
Karen Henricksen, The University of Queensland, Australia
Christine Julien, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Mohan Kumar, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Jie Liu, Microsoft Research, USA
Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge, UK
Jamie Payton, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Alexander Varshavsky, AT&T Labs., USA


Chiara Boldrini - PerCom 2012 Publicity Co-Chair

Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT)

Italian National Research Council (CNR)

Via G. Moruzzi, 1 - 56124 Pisa, Italy