** MUSIC 2012 CFPs [IEEE CPS]**

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The 3rd International Conference on Mobile,
Ubiquitous, and Intelligent Computing (MUSIC 2012)


http://www.ftrai.org/music2012

Vancouver, Canada, 26-28 June 2012


Published by IEEE - Conference Publishing Services (CPS)
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[Important Dates]
Workshop Proposal: December 15, 2011
Paper Submission Deadline: December 31, 2011


[Proceeding]
All accepted regular/full papers will be included in the conference proceedings as IEEE Conference Publishing Services (CPS), and all accepted and presented papers will be included CSDL and Xplore.


[Special Issues]
All accepted and presented papers in MUSIC 2012, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals:

@ Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering (ICAE) - IOS PRESS (SCIE)
@ The Journal of Supercomputing (JoS) - Springer (SCI)
@ International Journal of Computer Mathematics - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD (SCIE)
@ Wireless Personal Communications - Springer (SCIE)
@ Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing - Springer (SCIE)
@ Multimedia Tools and Applications - Springer (SCIE)
@ Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications - Springer (SCIE)
@ Cluster Computing - Springer (SCIE)
@ Journal of Telecommunication Systems (JTS) - Springer (SCI-E)

@ Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) - Springer
@ International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience
@ Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA

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The MUSIC 2012 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of Mobile, Ubiquitous and Intelligent computing. The MUSIC 2012 will provide an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of intelligent technologies in mobile and ubiquitous computing environment. In addition, the conference will publish high quality papers which are closely related to the various theories, modeling, and practical applications in MUSIC. Furthermore, we expect that the conference and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject.

MUSIC 2012 is the next event in a series of highly successful the International Workshop on Multimedia, Communication and Convergence technologies MCC-11 (Crete, Greece, June 2011), MCC-10 (Cebu, Philippines, August 2010).


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Topics (4 Tracks)
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We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Track 1. Mobile Computing
- Tiny Operating systems and Middleware supports
- Peer to Peer Network
- Machine-to-Machine Communications
- Mobile agents
- Mobile system performance
- Wireless communications
- Wireless Body Area Network
- Internet access and mobility
- Trustworthy Internet and communications
- Secured mobile communications
- Mobile data management and processing
- Mobile service management and delivery
- Cross-Layer Design and Optimization
- Algorithms and protocols for cognitive wireless networks
- Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks and Vehicular Technology
- WiMax / Wi-Fi, UWB, Bluetooth Technology
- Mobility Management
- Modeling and simulation of mobile systems
- Smartphone and mobile devices
- Social networks and computing


Track 2. Ubiquitous Computing
- Ubiquitous Computing and Communications
- Embedded systems and softwares
- Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems
- Context modeling and reasoning
- Adaptive and context-aware computing
- Smart object
- Multimodal sensing
- Intelligent platforms
- Ubiquitous Sensor Networks / RFID
- Internet computing and applications
- Parallel/Distributed system
- Grid and cloud computing
- Ad hoc and sensor network
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Human centric computing
- Physical model of UI & SW
- Ethical and psychological factors
- Security and fault tolerance applications
- Ubiquitous database methodologies
- U-learning and E-learning system
- U-Healthcare services
- U-Commerece and E-Commerce


Track 3. Intelligent Computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Pattern and Speech Recognition
- Fuzzy logic and soft computing
- Neural networks and applications
- Expert systems
- Decision support systems
- Automated problem solving
- Knowledge discovery and representation
- Knowledge acquisition
- Intelligent web-based business
- Intelligent agents and user interface
- Distributed AI algorithms and techniques
- Intelligent information fusion
- Search and meta-heuristics
- Data Warehousing and Data Mining
- Data fusion using neural and fuzzy techniques
- Robotics and Automation
- Integration of AI with other technologies
- Evaluation of AI tools


Track 4. Intelligent and Mobile Services
- Mobile Multimedia system and services
- Mobile Gaming and entertainment
- Agent technologies in wearable and mobile systems
- Location Based Services
- Bioinformatics
- Ambient Intelligence
- Ubiquitous Application Interfaces
- Smart Home Network Middleware
- Smart Home/building/spaces and Generic Interfaces
- Green IT services
- Semantic Web and Grid Services
- Surveillance System



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Organizing Committee
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== Steering Chair ==
James J. Park, SeoulTech, Korea


== General Chairs ==
Sang Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea
Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada


== General Vice Chairs ==
Shiuh-Jeng Wang, Central Police University, Taiwan
Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, Korea


== Program Chairs ==
Seungmin Rho, Korea University, Korea
Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia
Uyen Trang Nguyen, York University, Canada
Yu Chen, State University of New York - Binghamton, USA


== Program Vice Chairs ==
Track 1. Mobile Computing:
Zhou Su, Waseda University, Japan
Shengli Fu, University of North Texas, USA

Track 2. Ubiquitous Computing:
Habib M. Ammari, Hofstra University, NY, USA

Track 3. Intelligent Computing:
Tat-Chee Wan, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Track 4. Intelligent and Mobile Services:
Prakash Veeraraghavan, La Trobe University, Austrailia


== Advisory Committee ==
Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan
William I. Grosky, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Dimitrios G. Stratogiannis, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece
Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea
Sethuraman Panchanathan, Arizona State University, USA
Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Timothy K. Shih, National Central University, Taiwan
V. Clincy, Kennesaw State University, USA


== Workshop Chairs ==
Min Choi, Wonkwang University, Korea
Yuanchun Shi, Tsinghua University, China
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Kin F. Li, University of Victoria, Canada
Neal Naixue XiongNe, Georgia State University, USA


== Publicity Chairs ==
Borgy Waluyo, Monash University, Australia
Binod Vaidya, University of Ottawa, Canada
Joel Rodrigues, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Bo-Chao Cheng, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan
Ming Li, California State University, Fresno, USA
Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York, USA


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Program Committee
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Track 1. Mobile Computing
Mehul Bhatt, University of Bremen, Germany
Qing Tan, Athabasca University, Canada
Andry Rakotonirainy, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Yo-Ping Huang, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Zahir Tari, RMIT University, Australia
Mohamed Mostafa A. Azim, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
Falowo Emmanuel, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Binod Vaidya, Institute of Telecommunications, Portuga
Eduardo Cerqueira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Gaoxi Xiao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Eric Renault, Institut Telecom --- Telecom SudParis, France
Younosuke Furui, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
Shao-Shin Hung, CSIE of WuFeng Institute of Technology, Taiwan


Track 2. Ubiquitous Computing

Kiumi Akingbehin, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Xiuzhen Cheng, The George Washington University, USA
Jinhua Guo, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Yonghe Liu, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Di Ma, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Brahim Medjahed, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Tommaso Melodia, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Christian Poellabauer, University of Notre Dame, USA
M. Elena Renda, IIT-CNR Italy
Shengquan Wang, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Wendong Xiao, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Liqiang Zhang, Indiana University South Bend, USA
Qiang Zhu, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA


Track 3. Intelligent Computing

Chee Peng Lim, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Junzo Watada, Junzo Watada, Waseda University, Japan
Changjing Shang, Aberystwyth University, UK
Shing Chiang Tan, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Teruaki Yokoyama, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
Jun Xiao, East China Normal University, China
Chang Wu Yu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
Jin-Hee Cho, U.S. Army Research Laboratory , USA
Junfeng Li, JAIST, Japan
Kok Seng Wong, Soongsil University, Korea
KuoYuan Hwa, Natinoal Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
FuFang LI, Guangzhou University, China
Pramode Verma, The University of Oklahoma, USA
Yared Rami, JAIST, Japan
Song Guo, University of Aizu, Japan
Tzu-Chuen Lu, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
Xinqing Yan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Wuyi Yue, Konan University, Japan
Yuka Kato, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Japan
Xuan Zhang, Network research center, Tsinghua University, Beijing , China


Track 4. Intelligent and Mobile Services

Rachid Anane, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Nik Bessis, Derby University, United Kingdom
Wee Siong Ng, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Joel Rodrigue, Institute of Telecommunications, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Gyozo Gidofalvi, KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Rene Hansen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Lidan Shou, Zhejiang University, China
Quanqing Xu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bin Yang, Max Planck institute for Informatics, South Africa
Oliver Amft, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherland
Andrea Omicini, University of Bologna, Italy
Shu Chen Cheng, Southern Taiwan University, Taiwan



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SUBMISSION and Publicatoions
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There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentations in any of the areas of interest for this conference. Authors should submit a paper with 4-6 pages in length, including all figures, tables, and references. If you want to submit more than page limitation, you can add up to 2 extra pages with the appropriate fee payment.


All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by IEEE Conference Publishing Services (CPS).


Papers must strictly adhere to page limits as follows.
- Full Paper: 6 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost)
- Regular Paper: 4 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost)
- Poster Paper: 2 pages (FTRA Publishing Proceeding with ISBN)

Papers exceeding the page limits will be rejected without review.


Submission system:
http://www.editorialsystem.net/music2012/


Distinguished papers accepted and presented in MUSIC 2012, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals:
- The Journal of Supercomputing - Springer (SCI)
- International Journal of Computer Mathematics - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD (SCIE)
- Wireless Personal Communications - Springer (SCIE)
- Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing - Springer (SCIE)
- Multimedia Tools and Applications - Springer (SCIE)
- Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications - Springer (SCIE)
- Cluster Computing - Springer (SCIE)

- Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) - Springer
- International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience
- Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA



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Important Dates
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Paper Submission deadline : December 31, 2011
Acceptacne Notification : February 28, 2012
Camera-ready Due : March 15, 2012
Registration Due : March 15, 2012
Conference Dates : June 26-28, 2012



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Call for Workshop Proposals


Several workshops will be held in conjunction with MUSIC 2012 with the aim to explore special topics and provide international forums for scientists, engineers, and computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results on hot topics on Future Information Technology. Workshops for presenting papers from industrial companies and papers on implementations of systems and services are very welcome. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by IEEE Conference Publishing Services (CPS). In general, a workshop takes one day, although multiple-days and half-day workshops are welcome.

Please send a workshop proposal by December 15, 2011 to Workshop Co-chair Prof. Min Choi (mchoi@cbnu.ac.kr).

Financial Support for Workshop Organizer:
If a workshop were organized successfully, the organizer (1 organizer per 1 workshop) will get:
* At least 10 papers registration: Free 1 registration
* At least 20 papers registration: Free 2 registration


== Important Dates ==
December 15, 2011 Workshop Proposal Submission Due
December 10, 2011 Workshop Acceptance Notification
March 15, 2012 Camera-ready paper due
June 26-28, 2012 Workshop/Conference events
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Contact Information
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If you have any question about the CFP and paper submission,
please email to Prof. Sang-Soo Yeo (sangsooyeo@gmail.com) or Dr. Seungmin Rho (pc.seungminrho@gmail.com).