[FutureTech 2012 Call for Papers]
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The 7th FTRA International Conference on
Future Information Technology (FutureTech 2012)


http://www.ftrai.org/futuretech2012


Vancouver, Canada, 26-28 June 2012


Published by Springer-LNEE (EI and SCOPUS Index)
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** Important Notices **

[Important Date]
Submission due: March 15, 2012 (Extended for Post-proceeding)

Conference Proceedings will be included in the conference proceedings published by
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).
Due to many request from authors, the conference organizing committee decided that
the FTRA proceeding will be published two volumns such as Pre-proceeding and Post-proceeding.
In case of authors (paper submission by 30 Jan),
we are already reviewing them and the papers will be published
as a pre-proceeding and provided on conference site(Pre-proceeding).
In case of authors (paper submission after 30 Jan),
we will published their paper as a post-proceeding and
the post-proceeding will be provided within two months after FT-12 conference.


[Special Issues]
Distinguished accepted and presented papers in FutureTech 2012, after further revisions,
will be published in the special issues of the following international journals(TBA):
- 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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Introduction
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Future technology information technology would stand for all of
continuously evolving and converging information technologies, including
digital convergence, multimedia convergence, intelligent applications,
embedded systems, mobile and wireless communications, bio-inspired
computing, grid and cloud computing, semantic web, user experience and
HCI, security and trust computing and so on, for satisfying our
ever-changing needs.
In past twenty five years or so, Information Technology (IT) influenced
and changed every aspect of our lives and our cultures. Without various
IT-based applications, we would find it difficult to keep information
stored securely, to process information efficiently, and to communicate
information conveniently. In the future world, IT will play a very
important role in convergence of computing, communication, and all other
computational sciences and application and IT also will influence the
future world's various areas, including science, engineering, industry,
business, law, politics, culture, medicine, and so on.
Our conference is intended to foster the dissemination of
state-of-the-art research in all future IT areas, including their
models, services, and novel applications associated with their utilization.


FutureTech 2012 is the next edition of FutureTech 2011(Loutraki, Greece), FutureTech 2010 (Busan, Korea,
May 2010) which was the next event in a series of highly successful the International Symposium on Ubiquitous Applications & Security Services
(UASS-09, USA, Jan. 2009), previously held as UASS-08 (Okinawa, Japan,Mar. 2008), UASS-07 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August, 2007), and UASS-06
(Glasgow, Scotland, UK, May, 2006).


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TOPICS (included, but are not limited to)
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* Track 1. Hybrid Information Technology
* Track 2. High Performance Computing
* Track 3. Cloud and Cluster Computing
* Track 4. Ubiquitous Networks and Wireless Communications
* Track 5. Digital Convergence
* Track 6. Multimedia Convergence
* Track 7. Intelligent and Pervasive Applications
* Track 8. Security and Trust Computing
* Track 9. IT Management and Service
* Track 10. Bioinformatics and Bio-Inspired Computing
* Track 11. Database and Data Mining
* Track 12. Knowledge System and Intelligent Agent
* Track 13. Game and Graphics
* Track 14. Human-centric Computing and Social Networks


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SUBMISSION and Publications
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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 6-8 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 Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).


Papers must strictly adhere to page limits as follows.
- Full Paper: 8 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost)
- Regular Paper: 6 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.

Please use the Springer Proceedings format for submission. Template is available on:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0)


Submission system: http://www.editorialsystem.net/futuretech2012


Distinguished accepted and presented papers in FutureTech 2012, after further revisions,
will be published in the special issues of the following international journals(TBA):
- 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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Important Dates
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*Pre-Proceeding
Submission Deadline: January 30, 2012 (Closed)
Acceptance Notification: February 15, 2012
Camera-ready Due: February 27, 2012
Registration Due: February 27, 2012
Conference: June 26-28, 2012

*Extended for Post-proceeding
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2012 (Extended)
Acceptance Notification: March 31, 2012
Camera-ready Due: April 15, 2012
Registration Due: April 15, 2012
Conference: June 26-28, 2012



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ORGANIZATION
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==Steering Chairs==
James J. Park, SeoulTech, Korea
Hamid R. Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA

==General Chairs==
Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada
Sang-Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea
C.S. Raghavendra, University of Southern California, USA

==General Vice Chair==
Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, Korea

==Program Chairs ==
Taeshik Shon, Ajou University, Korea
Parimala Thulasiraman, University of Manitoba, Canada



==Program Vice-Chairs: 14 Tracks==
* Track 1. Hybrid Information Technology
Sasan Adibi, RIM, Canada
Bing Chen, Memorial University, Canada
Keqiu Li, Dalian University of Technology, China
Vitaly Klyuev, University of Aizu, Japan

* Track 2. High Performance Computing
Dhrubajyoti Goswami, Concordia University, Canada
Paul Lu, University of Alberta, Canada
Tarek Abdelrahman, University of Toronto, Canada
Pavan Balaji, Argonne National lab, USA

* Track 3. Cloud and Cluster Computing
Zhiling Lan, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Hsi-Ya Chang, National Center of High-Performance Computing, Taiwan


* Track 4. Ubiquitous Networks and Wireless Communications
Jelena Misic, University of Ryerson, Canada
Alex Aravind, Univ. of Northern British Columbia,Canada
Uyen Trang Nguyen, York University, Canada

* Track 5. Digital Convergence
Habib F. Rashvand, University of Warwick, UK
V. Clincy, Kennesaw State University, USA

* Track 6. Multimedia Convergence
V. Rajamani, Indra Ganesan College of Engineering, Tamilnadu, India
Ray (Yueh-Min) Huang, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada

* Track 7. Intelligent and Pervasive Applications
Ren-Hung Hwang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Gang Pan, Zhejiang University, China

* Track 8. Security and Trust Computing
Muhammad Khurram Khan, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Ashkan Sami, Shiraz University, Iran

* Track 9. IT Management and Service
Shijun Liu, Shandong University, China
Jinlei Jiang, Tsinghua University, China

* Track 10. Bioinformatics and Bio-Inspired Computing
Pauline Haddow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Michel Toulouse, University of Montreal, Canada
Wei Zhong, University of South Carolina Upstate, USA

* Track 11. Database and Data Mining
Guandong Xu, Victoria University, Australia
Roman Neruda, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech
Simone Ludwig, North Dakota State University, USA

* Track 12. Knowledge System and Intelligent Agent
Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Mehul Bhatt, University of Bremen, Germany
Roland R. Wagner, University of Linz, Austria

* Track 13. Game and Graphics
Milanovic Milan, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Hyohyun Choi, Inha Technical Colleage, Korea
Ali Arya, Carleton University, Canada

* Track 14. Human-centric Computing and Social Networks
Bin Xiao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Jyh-Cheng Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan


==Workshop Chairs ==
Ruppa K. Thulasiram, University of Manitoba, Canada
Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA
Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Geyong Min, University of Bradford, UK
Seung-Ho Lim, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea


==Advisory Committee==
Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA
Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Han-Chieh,Chao National Ilan University, Taiwan
Doo-soon Park, SoonChunHyang University, Korea
Laurence T. Yang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada
Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Wanlei Zhou, Deakin University, Australia

==Publicity / International Liaison Chairs==
Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada
Jinhua Guo, University of Michigan at Dearborn, USA
Deqing Zou, HUST, China
Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Hae Young Lee, ETRI, Korea
Robert C. Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia

==Local Arrangement Chairs==
Mahsa Pourazad , University of British Columbia, Canada
Farshid Agharebparast , University of British Columbia, Canada


==Program Committee==
http://www.ftrai.org/futuretech2012/organizing_committee.html



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Call for Workshop Proposals


Several workshops will be held in conjunction with FutureTech 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 Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).
In general, a workshop takes one day, although multiple-days and half-day workshops are welcome. Please send a workshop proposal by November 30, 2011 to Workshop Co-chairs.


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==
November 30, 2011 Workshop Proposal Submission Due
December 1, 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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For further information regarding the symposium and paper submission,
please contact to: Profs. James Park (parkjonghyuk1@hotmail.com) and TS Shon (taeshik.ftra@gmail.com).