Kaleidoscope 2011 - ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2011

ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2011 The fully networked human? - Innovations for
future networks and services - is the fourth in a series of
peer-reviewed academic conferences organized by ITU-T that bring
together a wide range of views from universities, industry and
research institutions. The aim of Kaleidoscope conferences is to
identify Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for which
the development of standards can turn innovations into successful
products and services.
The merger of the real world and the digital world can generate
enormous improvements in our daily lives, but also raises some
legitimate concerns. Ever smaller and smarter sensors proliferate,
wireless networks are omnipresent, smart phones are abundant. Future
devices will not only be able to measure everything from users'
whereabouts to their physical well-being but also to control just
about anything from a distance.
ICT has the potential to greatly improve the life of persons with
disabilities by enhancing their access to communications. Through
implanted sensors, e-health applications will support senior citizens
communicating automatically their medical data to care providers... but
what if the information falls into the wrong hands? Modern heating
systems at home would be programmed, via hands-free devices, while
driving to work... but what happens if this is done via a text message
distracting the driver? How can we make increasingly complex devices
user-friendly?
The design architecture of future ICTs, as well as the services and
applications that arise, will have a significant impact on individuals
and on human existence, ranging from cognitive functioning, health,
security to national economic development and, more generally, the
society of the future. Technology should be designed to benefit
humans, not the other way around. Human-centric ICTs must be promoted
in research and development circles.
The fully networked human? - Innovations for future networks and
services - is calling for original, academic, technical papers
offering innovative and bold approaches to foster the research and
development of human-centric ICTs as we move towards future networks
and services.

Audience:
ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2011 is targeted at all specialists with a role in
the field including researchers, academics, students, engineers,
regulators, top decision-makers and thinkers from all over the world
who look into the future.

Date and venue:
December 2011, South Africa

Submission of papers:
Prospective authors, from countries that are members of ITU, are
invited to submit complete, original papers with a maximum length of
4500 words within eight pages including summary and references, using
the template available on the event website. All papers will be
reviewed through a double-blind, peer-review process and handled
electronically; see http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2011 for the online
submission (EDAS). The deadlines for paper submission are highlighted
below.

Deadlines:
Submission of full paper proposals: 15 May 2011
Notification of paper acceptance: 30 July 2011
Submission of camera-ready accepted papers: 10 September 2011
Publication and presentation

Accepted papers will be presented during the event, published in the
proceedings and made available through the IEEE Xplore. The best
papers will be invited for evaluation for potential publication in the
IEEE Communications Magazine.

Awards:
Awards of USD 5k, 3k and 2k will be granted to selected best papers,
as judged by the organizing and programme committees. In addition,
young authors presenting accepted papers will also receive a Young
Author Recognition certificate.

General Chair:
Mostafa Hashem Sherif (AT&T, US)
Organizing Committee (provisional)

Chairman: Mostafa Hashem Sherif (AT&T, US)
Tohru Asami (University of Tokyo, JP)
Mitsuji Matsumoto (Waseda University, JP)
Yushi Naito (ITU-T; Mitsubishi Electric, JP)
Ramjee Prasad (Aalborg University, DK)
Felipe Rudge Barbosa (Unicamp, BR)
Helmut Schink (ITU-T; Nokia Siemens, DE)
Alfredo Terzoli (Rhodes University, ZA)
Daniele Trinchero (Politecnico di Torino, IT)

For additional information:
Additional info can be found at the event website: http://www.itu-kaleidoscope.org/2011
Inquiries should be addressed to kaleidoscope-AT-itu.int