PCSI 2009 - The First International Workshop on Pervasive Computing Systems and Infrastructures (PCSI2009)

The First International Workshop on Pervasive Computing Systems and Infrastructures (PCSI)

Held in conjunction with TridentCom 2009, April, Washington DC, USA


Selected outstanding papers in the workshop will be published in a special issue in International Journal of Sensor Networks!!!

General Chairs

Victor Leung, University of British Columbia

B. Prabhakaran, The University of Texas at Dallas

Yang Xiao, University of Alabama

TPC Co-Chairs

Hui Chen, Virginia State University

Min Chen, University of British Columbia

Jun Kong, North Dakota State University

Ming Li, California State University, Fresno

Weiyi Zhang, North Dakota State University



Publicity Chair

Hui Chen, Virginia State University, hchen-AT- vsu.edu



TPC Members (Pending Approval)

Habib Ammari, Hofstra University

Ilangko Balasingham, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Yu Cao, California State University, Fresno

Guanlin Chen, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Hui Chen, Virginia State University

Hong Chen, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Min Chen, University of British Columbia

Xiao Chen, Texas State University

Xiaojiang Du, North Dakota State University

Xuming Fang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Tao Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jun Kong, North Dakota State University

Hui Li, Ask.com

Ming Li, California State University, Fresno

Jie Liang, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Xuedong Liang, University of Oslo, Norway

Alex Liu, California State University, Fresno

Sangheon Pack, Korea University

Gaurav N. Pradhan, The University of Texas at Dallas

Bin Tang, Wichita State University

Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, University of California San Diego

Yongning Tang, Illinois State University

Tie Wang, Senior Technical Yahoo!

Gang Wei, South China University of Technology, China

Weiyi Zhang, North Dakota State University

Xin Zhang, Cisco Systems Inc.

Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway



Description:

Pervasive Computing (or Ubiquitous Computing) is an information model that enables data to be accessed and processed anytime and anywhere. Basically, various practical issues such as physical limitation and cost-benefit tradeoffs make pervasive computing model a natural choice for implementation of complicated applications. These applications usually involve computing facilities and network devices with dramatically different processing power, energy constraints, and networking technologies, thereby demanding seamless integration of various domains in an efficient manner. A typical example is wireless Internet access from mobile users. Recent demand for pervasive computing includes body sensor networks that enable remote health monitoring of patients.



While many pervasive computing models and protocols have been proposed to enable the integration of various computing and networking domains, a much less attention is given on the design and implementation of such systems and infrastructures in real applications. Without real implementation, it is difficult to evaluate the performance of existing models and protocols and discover further issues for additional improvement.



This workshop features all recent advances in pervasive computing systems and tools, with an focus on building and performance evaluation of infrastructures and testbeds. We would like solicit original papers from both academia and industry on the following (but not limited to) topics:



Pervasive Computing Infrastructures and Testbeds
Pervasive Wireless Networking Infrastructures
Pervasive Multimedia System Infrastructures
Pervasive Wireless Mesh Network Infrastructures
Pervasive Sensor Network (especially RFID and Body Sensor Networks) Infrastructures
Pervasive Healthcare and Telemedicine Infrastructures


Publication



All accepted and presented papers will be included in the PCSI 2009 Proceedings, published as CDROMs, made available in IEEExplore Digital Library, and then indexed by Engineering Information (EI).



Selected outstanding papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNET).



Submission

Authors are invited to submit Full Papers of up to 6 pages, including references, figures and tables. For paper format guidelines, please click here.

PCSI 2009 will use COCUS for paper submission and management. To submit your paper:

Go to the COCUS login page.
If you have a COCUS account, you can log in by clicking the "Login" link at the upper right corner. Otherwise, click the "Register" link in the page to create your COCUS account.
After logging in, click the "Submit paper" tab on the top.
Find the "PCSI 2009" row, and click the "Submit a paper" link in that row.
In the next page, you will see the conference information. Click the "Submit a paper" link.
Choose one of the following three categories for your paper: Full Paper, Short Paper, and Invited Paper.
Enter the title, abstract and topic information for your paper, and click "Next." Please choose one Primary Topic and one or two Secondary Topics for your paper. These topics will help us to assign your paper to the TPC member with the right expertise and interest.
On the next page you will see the information you have just entered. Verify it, and if correct, click "Submit." If the information is not correct, click on the Back button of your browser and go back to the previous screen.
You can then upload your paper and modify the details of your submission if needed.




Tentative Schedule



Workshop papers due: December 15, 2008

Workshop papers notification: January 15, 2009

Submission of camera-ready papers: February 15, 2009