CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2012 International ICST Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications (ICCASA)
26-27 November 2012, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
You can download the .PDF version of the Call for Papers here
HIGHLIGHTS
The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT
All accepted papers will be published by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library, one of the world's largest scientific libraries
Proceedings will be submitted for indexing by Google Scholar, ISI, EI Compendex, Scopus and many more
Introduction:
One of hot topics in ICT is currently undergoing rapid advancements and emerging on the spot as one of the priority research areas, whose research activities are booming recently: context-aware systems (CAS), which is primarily inspired by the human autonomic nervous system. CAS is characterized by its self-* facets such as self-organization, self-configuration, self-healing, self-optimization, self-protection and so on whose context-awareness used to dynamically control computing and networking functions. The overall goal of CAS is to realize nature-inspired autonomic systems that can manage themselves without direct human interventions. Meeting this grand challenge of CAS requires a rigorous interdisciplinary approach to context-aware systems. To this end, ICCASA 2012 organizers welcome participation and contributions from those working or interested in the intersection of approaches for supporting context-aware systems.
Goals:
The ICCASA 2012sponsored by ICST (a member of EAI) and NTT University (NTTU) is a place for highly original ideas about how CAS is going to shape networked computing systems of the future. Hence, it focuses on rigorous approaches and cutting-edge solutions which break new ground in dealing with the properties of context-awareness. Its purpose is to make a formal basis more accessible to researchers, scientists, professionals and students as well as developers and practitioners in ICT by providing them with state-of-the-art research results, applications, opportunities and future trends.
Scope:
Original papers are solicited for the ICCASA 2012. In particular, theoretical contributions should be formally stated and justified, and practical applications should be based on their firm formal basis. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Fundamentals of Context-aware systems:
- Context-aware models
- Context-aware control
- Context-aware algorithms
- Context-aware networks
- Context-aware computing
- Context-awareness calculi
- Context-awareness representation
- Context-awareness-based systems
- Logic in context-awareness
- Context-awareness reasoning
- Formal methods of context-awareness
- Context-awareness-based optimization and swarm Intelligence
- Knowledge-based awareness
Context-aware Communications:
- Routing, transport, and reliability issues of context-aware systems
- Techniques for data dissemination and replication in context-aware systems
- Applications and middleware support, mobile social networking applications
- Mobility models and statistical analysis of mobility traces
- Context and social awareness mechanisms and algorithms
- Co-existence of opportunistic networks with infrastructure mobile wireless networks
- Service composition in autonomic and opportunistic networks
- Cognition-driven information processing and decision making
- Performance modeling, scaling laws, and fundamental limits for autonomic and opportunistic communications
- Game-theoretic insights to the operation of autonomic and opportunistic networks
- Participatory and urban sensing in autonomic and opportunistic networks
- Trust, security, and reputation -Autonomic and opportunistic communication testbeds and prototypes, measurement data from real experiments
- Socio-economic models for autonomic and opportunistic communications
Context-aware Technologies: -Context-aware information retrieval
- Context-aware profiling, clustering and collaborative filtering
- Machine learning for context-aware information retrieval and ontology learning
- Context-aware e-learning/tutoring
- Ubiquitous and context-aware computing
- Use of context-aware technologies in UI/HCI
- Context-aware advertising
- Recommendations for mobile users
- Context-awareness in portable devices
- Context-aware services
- Social Agents and Avatars
- Emotion and Personality
- Virtual Humans
- Autonomous Actors
- Awareness-based Animation
- Social and Conversational Agents
- Inter-Agent Communication
- Social Behavior
- Crowd Simulation
- Understanding Human Activity
- Memory and Long-term Interaction
Submission Guidelines:
Official conference proceedings of ICCASA 2012 will appear in the Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST) series jointly published by ICST and Springer and indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, ISI Proceedings, EI, CrossRef and Zentralblatt Math. All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format via the paper management system CONFY using the link on conference web site. There are two options for the submissions, either a full paper or a short paper. We decided to allow the submission of short papers in order to accommodate the most recent research outcomes. The submissions should be formatted with single-spaced, single-column pages using on A4 or letter pages in Springer LNICST style format. The maximum number of pages is 10 for full papers. Authors should submit a 4-page single-column manuscript for short papers. The camera-ready version of an accepted full (short) paper cannot exceed 10 (4) pages. Detailed formatting and submission instructions will be available on the conference web site. All accepted papers will appear in Springer LNICST proceedings only if at least one of the authors attends to present the paper.
Selected Journal Publication:
Some of the selected papers will be invited for the special issues of Springer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) journal (SCIE-indexed), LNCS Transactions on Computational Science (Springer) and International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (Inderscience) after further revisions.
Best Paper Awards:
Best papers will be selected by the technical program committee members among full and short papers presented at ICCASA 2012.
Important Dates:
Workshop proposals due: 01 April 2012
Tutorial/Industry track proposal deadline: 06 June 2012
Demo/Poster proposal deadline: 06 June 2012
Submission deadline: 31 July 2012
Notification of acceptance: 31 August 2012
Camera-ready deadline: 1 October 2012
Conference: Monday, 26 – Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Venue:
The conference will take place at
RAMANA SAIGON HOTEL
Address: 323 Le Van Sy Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel: (84-8) 3843 9999
Fax: (84-8) 3843 8888
Email: [email protected]
Website:https://ramanasaigon.com/
Committees:
Steering Committee:
Prof. Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net and University of Trento, Italy
Dr. Phan Cong Vinh, NTTU, Vietnam
Dr. Emil Vassev, Lero at University of Limerick, Ireland
Prof. Jun Suzuki, UMass, USA
Prof. Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan
Advisory Committee:
Prof. Bui Van Ga, Vice Minister of Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Minh Hong, Vice Minister of Ministry of Information and Communications, Vietnam
Prof. Banh Tien Long, Former Vice Minister of Ministry of Education and Training; Member of Professor Title Council, Vietnam
Prof. Phan Thanh Binh, Rector of HCMVNU, Vietnam
General Co-Chairs:
Dr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Chairman and Rector of NTTU, Vietnam
Dr. Phan Cong Vinh, Head of IT Department of NTTU, Vietnam
TPC Co-Chairs:
Dr. Phan Cong Vinh, Head of IT Department of NTTU, Vietnam
Prof. Nguyen Thanh Thuy, Vice Rector of University of Engineering and Technology - HNVNU, Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tung, Vice Head of IT Department of NTTU, Vietnam
Prof. Jun Suzuki, UMass, USA
Special Sessions Co-Chairs:
Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tung, Vice Head of IT Department of NTTU, Vietnam
Dr. Vu Ngoc Hai, NTTU, Vietnam
Hoang Tung, NTTU, Vietnam
Organizing Co-Chairs:
Prof. Le Huy Ba, NTTU, Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Van Luong, NTTU, Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Tuan Anh, NTTU, Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Van Sanh, Mahidol University, Thailand
Prof. Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan
Publication Co-Chairs:
Bui Duy Tan, NTTU, Vietnam
Vuong Xuan Chi, NTTU, Vietnam
Publicity Co-Chairs:
Pham Van Dat, NTTU, Vietnam
Nguyen Hoang Loc, NTTU, Vietnam
International Liaison Co-Chairs:
Le Quang Khanh, NTTU, Vietnam
Dr. Vu Ngoc Hai, NTTU, Vietnam
Web Co-Chairs:
Thai Thi Thanh Thao, NTTU, Vietnam
Thai Truc Nhi, NTTU, Vietnam
Demos and Posters Co-Chairs:
Le Tho, NTTU, Vietnam
Ho Van Ngoc, NTTU, Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Hoan Sinh, NTTU, Vietnam
Do Thi Thuy Huong, NTTU, Vietnam
Exhibition and Sponsor Co-Chairs:
Dr. Nguyen Van Luong, NTTU, Vietnam
To Hoai Thang, NTTU, Vietnam
Local Arrangement Co-Chairs:
Dr. Nguyen Minh Khai, NTTU, Vietnam
Dr. Nguyen Van Phuc, NTTU, Vietnam
Thai Thi Thanh Thao, NTTU, Vietnam
Tao Thi Lan Phuong, NTTU, Vietnam
Nguyen Trong Tuan, NTTU, Vietnam
Vo Ngoc Tan, NTTU, Vietnam
Tran Thi Hong Yen, NTTU, Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Hong Quynh, NTTU, Vietnam
Huynh Thi Bich Phuong, NTTU, Vietnam
Le Thi Thuy Duong, NTTU, Vietnam
Dao Thi Phan, NTTU, Vietnam
Nguyen Kim Truc, NTTU, Vietnam
Tran Hoang Cam Tu, NTTU, Vietnam
Do Nguyen Anh Thu, NTTU, Vietnam
Nguyen Phuong Anh, NTTU, Vietnam
