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Call for Papers

SCOPE

Combinations of mobile and ubiquitous computing are becoming increasingly present in our daily life. Through the use of mobile devices embedded in the surrounding physical environment, users can be provided with transparent computing and communication services at all times and in all places. The complexity of providing such services stems from the fact that the communication devices and the objects with which they interact may both be mobile. Their implementation requires advances in wireless network technologies and devices, development of infrastructures supporting cognitive environments, discovery and identification of ubiquitous computing applications and services, and an understanding of the cross-layer interactions between all of these components. The Fifth Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2008) will provide a forum where practitioners and researchers coming from many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment will be able to interact and exchange experiences needed to build successful ubiquitous systems. Areas addressed by the conference include systems, applications, service-oriented computing, middleware, networking, agents, data management and services, all with special focus on mobility and ubiquitous computing.

PAPERS

Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished research, not currently under review by another conference or journal, are solicited. Technical papers clearly identifying how the specific contributions fit to an overall working system are particularly of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following feature topics as applied to mobile and ubiquitous environments:

Ubiquitous architectures, systems and applications
Wearable computing and personal area networks
Wireless technologies (Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.x, WiFi, WiMAX)
Wireless Internet access in ubiquitous systems
Ad hoc and sensor network support for ubiquitous computing
Reconfigurability and personalization of wireless networks
Wireless/mobile service management and delivery
Security, privacy and social issues of mobile and ubiquitous systems
Service and knowledge discovery, matching and composition mechanisms
Location-based services and tracking in ubiquitous environments

Context- and location-aware applications
Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, and mobile systems
Context modeling, services and frameworks
Toolkits, testbeds, development environments, and languages for ubiquitous computing
Rapid prototyping of ubiquitous applications
Ontologies for mobile and ubiquitous computing
Mobile and ubiquitous data management and processing
Data replication, migration and dissemination in ubiquitous environments
Queries, transactions and workflows in mobile and ubiquitous environments
Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile)

IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop proposals:
Paper registration:
Paper submission:

Notification of acceptance:
Camera-ready version:

Conference dates:

March 1, 2008
March 8, 2008
~~March 15, 2008 (11:59 PM EST)~~
March 20, 2008 (11:59 PM EST)
May 4, 2008
~~May 18, 2008~~
May 25, 2008
July 21-25, 2008

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Paper submission will be handled electronically. Authors should prepare an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of their full paper. Papers must not exceed 10 pages double column (US Letter size, 8.5 x 11 inches) including text, figures and references. The font size must be at least 10 points. Please visit the Submission page for detailed submission requirements and procedures.

PUBLICATION

All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the international technical program committee. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in the ACM/Kluwer Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) journal. Please visit the Publications page for more information.

WORKSHOPS

Several workshops will be run in conjunction with the conference. The purpose of these workshops is to discuss work in progress and explore opportunities for new research related to mobile and ubiquitous systems. Proposals for workshops should be at most four pages in length and should be submitted to the workshops co-chairs by March 1, 2008.