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CALL FOR PAPERS - RTCSA 2011
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The 17th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and
Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications
August 29 to 31, 2011
Toyama, Japan

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Conference web site: http://www.rtcsa.org/
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Embedded software has become a necessity in almost every aspect of the daily lives of individuals and organizations, from self-contained applications to those embedded in various devices and services (mobile phones, vital sign sensors, medication dispensers, home appliances, engine ignition systems, etc). A large proportion of these systems are mission/life critical and performance sensitive.

The 17th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2011) will bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry for advancing the technology of embedded and real-time systems, and ubiquitous computing applications. The conference has the following goals: to investigate advances in embedded and real-time systems and ubiquitous computing applications; to promote interaction among the areas of embedded computing, real-time computing and ubiquitous computing; to evaluate the maturity and directions of embedded and real-time system and ubiquitous computing technology. RTCSA 2011 invites submissions of papers presenting a high quality original research and development for the conference tracks: (1) Embedded Systems, (2) Real-time Systems, and (3) Ubiquitous Computing.

SCOPES: Following the tradition of RTCSA, the conference has three tracks: embedded systems, real-time systems, and ubiquitous computing. The interested topics include:

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS TRACK (favors papers presenting practical aspects, experimentation results, and industrial experiences of the following topics):
- Software design and debugging for heterogeneous multi-core embedded platform
- Multi-thread programming for multi-core embedded platform
- System integration/collaboration for systems of embedded systems
- Operating systems and scheduling
- System-on-chip design
- HW/SW co-design
- Power/thermal-aware design issues
- Embedded multimedia applications
- Embedded system design practices
- Networks-on-chip design
- Embedded system architecture
- Design optimization (memory, performance etc.)

REAL-TIME SYSTEMS TRACK:
- Real-time operating systems
- Real-time scheduling
- Timing analysis
- Databases
- Programming languages and run-time systems
- Middleware systems
- Design and analysis tools
- Communication networks and protocols
- Case studies and applications
- Media processing and transmissions
- Real-time aspects of Wireless sensor networks
- Energy aware real-time methods

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING/CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS TRACK:
- Real-time issues in ubiquitous computing and cyber-physical systems
- Tools, infrastructures and architectures for ubiquitous computing and cyber-physical systems
- Devices and enabling technologies for ubiquitous computing and cyber-physical systems
- Design and verification methodologies for cyber-physical systems
- Applications of wireless sensor networks
- Ubiquitous computing applications
- Cyber-physical systems applications
- User interfaces and interaction design issues for ubiquitous computing
- Privacy and security issues and implications of ubiquitous computing
- Location-dependent and context-aware computing
- Evaluation methods for ubiquitous computing devices, systems, and applications

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PAPER SUBMISSIONS:

The submitted manuscript must describe original work not previously published and not concurrently submitted elsewhere. Submissions should be no more than 10 pages in IEEE conference proceedings format (two-column, single-space, 10pt). The prospective authors should submit their papers on RTCSA 2011 paper submission site: http://www.rtcsa.org (in preparation for now)

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IMPORTANT DATES:

Paper Submission: Apr 15, 2011, 11:59pm Pacific Time
Acceptance Notification: May 30, 2011
Camera Ready Submission: June 10, 2011
Early Registration Deadline: June 24, 2011

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Steering Committee:
Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan (Chair)
Tei-Wei Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Joseph K. Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Hide Tokuda, Keio University, Japan
Seongsoo Hong Seoul National University, Korea
Jﾃｶrgen Hansson, Chalmers University, Sweden
Sang H. Son, University of Virginia, USA

General Co-Chairs:
Hide Tokuda, Keio University, Japan
Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Program Co-Chairs:
Embedded Systems: Shuichi Oikawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Real-Time Systems: Neil Audsley, University of York, UK
Ubiquitous Comp: Chang-Gun Lee, Seoul National University, Korea

Financial Chair:
Kaori Fujinami, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Local Arrangement Chair:
Kenji Iwamoto, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan

Publication Chair:
Hiroyuki Tomiyama, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Web Chair:
Toshiaki Aoki, JAIST, Japan

Publicity Co-Chairs:
Enrico Bini, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Zonghua Gu, Zhejiang University, China
Shinpei Kato, Carnegie Mellon University, USA