CALL FOR PAPERS

MobiCPS 2010 - The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems
http://www.cpschina.org/mobicps

In conjunction with UIC2010
Xi'an, China
26-29 October, 2010

We are currently on the brink of a revolutionary transformation from stand-alone embedded systems to ubiquitous cyber-physical systems (CPS) that bridge the virtual world of computing and communications and the real world. Cyber-physical systems are tight integrations of computation, networking, and physical objects, in which embedded devices are networked to sense, monitor and control the physical world. It is believed that CPS will transform how we interact with the physical world just like the Internet transformed how we interact with one another. In particular, there is a trend to build CPS upon wireless and mobile networks as a consequence of unprecedented proliferation of these technologies in recent years. In addition to wireless sensors and actuators, the number of mobile devices that can support wirelessly networked cyber-physical applications has exploded. Some usual examples include smartphones, PDAs, autonomous robots, wearable computers, among others. Ubiquitous applications and services enabled by mobile CPS are opening up great opportunities for improving the quality of our daily life. To fully explore the potential of mobile CPS, however, significant challenges are yet to be overcome.

MobiCPS 2010 is an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present innovative ideas and results on all aspects of mobile cyber-physical systems, including theoretical foundations, techniques and methods, tools and platforms, prototypes, and practical applications. Besides research papers, the workshop will feature Invited Talks and a Panel Discussion session. The workshop will be held in Xi'an, China in October 2010, in conjunction with the 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC2010) (http://www.nwpu.edu.cn/uic2010/).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Theoretical foundations of CPS
- Modeling and analysis of cyber-physical interaction
- Sensing and actuation policies
- Distributed computing and control
- Architectures, design methodologies and tools for mobile CPS
- Mobile devices and embedded software platforms for cyber-physical computing
- Mobile cyber-physical applications and services
- Energy-efficient (green) computing and communications
- Wireless networking and mobile communications
- Wireless sensor networks
- Mobile and participatory sensing
- Location-based services
- Internet of things
- Information consensus
- Trust, security, and privacy
- Validation, testing, and certification
- Prototypes, testbeds, practical experiences, and case studies
- Emerging applications in healthcare, transportation, automation, environment, etc.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submissions due: 30 May 2010
Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2010
Camera ready version due: 30 July 2010
Workshop date: TBA


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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Authors are invited to submit original papers that must not have been submitted to or published in any other workshop, conference, or journal. The workshop will accept papers describing completed work as well as work-in-progress (with preliminary results). For detailed submission instructions, please visit the workshop website: http://www.cpschina.org/mobicps

All papers will be peer-reviewed by members of the Program Committee and be evaluated for originality, significance of the contribution, technical correctness and presentation. At least one author of each accepted papers must present their work at the workshop. Accepted and presented papers will be included in the UIC 2010 workshop proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (placed in IEEE Xplore) and indexed by EI Compendex. Extended versions of selected best papers will be considered for publication in special issues of SCI-index international journals (TBA).


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Steering Chair
- Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

General Chairs
- Yangquan Chen, Utah State University, USA
- Feng Xia, Dalian University of Technology, China
- Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory & University of Oslo, Norway

Program Committee
- See the workshop website: http://www.cpschina.org/mobicps

CONTACT
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Dr. Feng Xia
Dalian University of Technology, China
Email: f.xia@ieee.org; f.xia@acm.org
Tel: +86-411-87571582
URL: http://fengxia.net