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Ubiquitous Computing and Communication Journal
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We are seeking research papers, technical reports, dissertation etc for these interdisciplinary areas. The goal of the UBICC journal is to publish the most recent results in the development of system aspects of ubiquitous computing. Researchers and practitioners working in this area are expected to take this opportunity to discuss and express their views on the current trends, challenges, and state of the art solutions addressing various issues in this area.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

Design and analysis of Mobile/Wireless Networks and Systems:
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Mobile 3G, 4G, LTE (Long Term Evolution), convergence (IMS, ⿦)
Wireless Personal Area Networks and Wireless Local Area Networks (Wi-Fi, ...)
Ad Hoc networking, Sensor networks, Self-organizing mesh networks and autonomic systems ⿢ Wireless Mesh Networks, Metropolitan Area
Networks & regional area networks (WiMAX/802.16, 802.16e, WiMAXphase 2, WiBro, WiRAN)
Optical networks and switching (new generation SDH, OTN)
Satellite Systems
Vehicular Communication Technologies and Systems
Mobility management and Handover
Medium Access Control & Scheduling Techniques for Wireless Systems
Quality of Service provisioning
Resource allocation management
Performance evaluation
Cross-layer network design and optimization
Security
Cognitive radio and smart antenna
Testbed experiments, Mobile/Wireless Applications and Ser

Security:
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Network security, vulnerability, authentication and access control
Network fault-tolerance & reliability, debugging & troubleshooting
Confidentiality, Data and system integrity
Intrusion Detection, Prediction, and Countermeasures
Identity management and Trust management
Privacy, contract agreements, and payment systems
Key Distribution and management, Public key infrastructure implementation
Mobile code security
Security and mobility management
Web, e-mail , m-commerce, e-business and e-commerce security
Testbeds, performance evaluation and formal specification methods
Virtualization for security and reliability

New Technologies & services:
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Analysis and design of new generation systems (network architectures, protocols, network management, traffic engineering, resource management, quality of service, signalling & scheduling, ⿦)
New generation internet, Post IP and IPv6, Carrier Grade networks, xDSL and FTTx, Power Line Communication
Peer-to-peer, overlay, and content distribution networks
Pervasive, Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing
Agents and Middlewares, Agent Computing and Agent Applications
Grid and cluster computing & Context aware computing
Adaptation software development
Component based software engineering &Software verification & analysis
Web Commerce & Services, Data models, Web searching & querying
Data Mining , XML, Query Processing & Optimization, Storage Structures & Indexing
Web Mining & Web Semantics
Web service based Grid computing and P2P computing Web services
Quantum Cryptography systems
Biometric systems
Virtualization of systems, networks and protocols
Virtualization technologies for grid and parallel computing

Important Dates
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Submission Deadline: 15 August, 2008 25 August, 2008 NEW

Notification of Acceptance: 10 September, 2008 20 September, 2008 NEW

Publication Date: 15 October, 2008



For More Information:
Managing Editor: Usman Tariq, Ajou University
email: usman@ubicc.org
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