IEEE PerCom'06: CFP (Deadline: September 5, 2005)

[Marco Conti]

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.
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CALL FOR PAPERS

Fourth IEEE International Conference on
Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom 2006)
Pisa, March 13-17, 2006
<http://www.percom.org/>http://www.percom.org/

**** Submission Deadline --- September 5, 2005 ****
                 
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IEEE PerCom 2006 will be the fourth annual conference on the emerging 
area of pervasive computing and communications aimed at providing an 
exciting platform and paradigm for all the time, everywhere services. 
This emergence is a natural outcome of the tremendous advances in 
wireless networks, mobile computing, sensor networks, distributed 
computing, and agent technologies. PerCom 2006 will provide a high 
profile, leading edge forum for researchers and engineers alike to 
present their latest research in the field of pervasive computing and 
communications.

Topics:
Contributions are solicited in all areas of pervasive computing 
research and applications.  Topics include, but not limited to:

- Pervasive computing and communication architectures
- Intelligent environments
- Wearable computers
- Smart devices and smart spaces
- Middleware services and agent technologies
- Wireless Sensor networks and RFID technologies
- Positioning and tracking technologies
- Virtual immersive communications
- Enabling technologies (e.g. wireless BAN, PAN)
- Mobile/Wireless computing systems and services
- Context aware computing
- Autonomic computing and communications
- Programming paradigms for pervasive systems
- User interfaces and interaction models
- Wireless/mobile service management and delivery
- Ad hoc networking protocols
- Resource management in pervasive systems
- Trust, security and privacy issues in pervasive systems



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Submission Guidelines:
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Submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for 
publication. Only electronic submissions (PS or PDF) will be 
considered.
Page limit is 12 pages (single column, 11 pt fonts and 1.5 line 
spaced, excluding references, figures and tables). Detailed procedure 
is available at <http://www.percom.org>http://www.percom.org. All 
submitted papers will undergo a rigorous review process managed by 
the technical program committee. IEEE Press will publish the 
conference proceedings. The best paper will receive the prestigious 
Mark Weiser best paper award. Papers of particular merit will be 
considered for a special issue of Pervasive and Mobile Computing 
Journal.

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IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

Paper Submission:                       September 5, 2005
Workshop Proposal:                     	May 1, 2005
Demonstration Proposal:              	October 31, 2005
Acceptance Notification:               	November 22, 2005
Camera Ready Manuscripts:          	December 19, 2005
Conference Dates:                       March 13-17, 2006
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Program Chair:
Marco Conti, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, Pisa, Italy

Vice Program Chairs:
Chatschik Bisdikian, IBM Research, USA
Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia
Franco Zambonelli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Technical Program Committee (TBD)

General Chair:
Enrico Gregori, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, Pisa, Italy

General Vice Chair:
Ali Hurson, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Steering Committee Chair:
Behrooz Shirazi, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Workshop Chairs:
Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy
Gopal Pingali, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, USA

Work-in-progress Session chairs:
Christian Becker, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Gergely Zaruba, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Publicity Chairs:
Ben Lee, Oregon State University. USA
Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan
Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy

Demo Chairs:
Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy
Vipul Gupta, Sun Microsystems Inc., USA

Registration Chair:
Gergely Zaruba, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Web Designer:
Patrizia Andronico, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, Pisa, Italy

Local Arrangements:
Raffaella Casarosa, - Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, Pisa, Italy
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Marco Conti
Pervasive Computing & Networking Lab. (PerLab)
http://www.perlab.it

Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT)
National Research Council (CNR)
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