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PICom-09

The 8th IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and Computing

December 12-14, 2009, Chengdu, China

Sponsored by IEEE CS TCSC

http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~ydai/Picom09/


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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Over the last fifty years, computational intelligence has evolved from logic-based
artificial intelligence, nature-inspired soft computing, social-oriented agent
technology to cyber-physical integrated ubiquitous intelligence towards Pervasive
Intelligence (PI). The International Conference on Pervasive Intelligence and
Computing is intended to cover all kinds of these intelligent paradigms as well as
their applications in various pervasive computing. PICom-09 is the next event, in a
series of highly successful International Conferences on Pervasive Intelligence and
Computing (PICom), previously held as PCC-03 (Las Vegas, USA, June 2003), PCC-04
(Las Vegas, USA, June 2004), PSC-05 (Las Vegas, USA, June 2005), PCAC-06
(Vienna, Austria, April 2006), PCAC-07 (Niagara Falls, Canada, May 2007), IPC-07
(Jeju, Korea, December 2007), IPC-08 (Sydney, Australia, December 2008).

Topics are divided into 8 tracks, and include but are not limited to the following:

T1. Artificial Intelligence & Knowledge Computing

AI models & theories, ontology, machine learning, natural language processing,
computer vision, robots, game theory, expert system, knowledge discovery and
management, reasoning,learning rule, distributed AI, tools, applications, etc.

T2. Nature-inspired Intelligence & Soft Computing

Nature-based models & theories, probabilistic computing, fuzzy logic, neural networks,
genetic algorithm, evolutionary computing, chaotic system, collected intelligence,
swarm computing, information fusion, biologic computing, tools, applications, etc.

T3. Social Intelligence & Agent-based Computing

Agent models & theories, agent language, agent negotiation & cooperation, multi/massive
agents, Web agents, agent-based systems, ethic computing, emotional computing, social
computing, social networks, tools, applications, etc.

T4. Ubiquitous Intelligence & Cyber-Physical Computing

Cyber/Web intelligence, physical things' intelligence, ambient intelligence (AmI),
smart object, space & environment, cyber-physical integrated system, activity
recognition, contextual information models & semantics, context-aware applications, etc.

T5. Embedded Hardware, Software & Systems

Pervasive computers and devices, wearable computers, RFIDs, sensor technology,
embedded computer architecture, embedded software and middleware, system-on-chip,
system test, power management, middleware, tools, applications, etc.

T6. Pervasive Networks & Communications

Broadband network, cross-layer protocol, sensor network, wireless network,
ad hoc network, wearable network, PAN, BAN, P2P network, power-aware communication,
communication middleware, intelligent traffic/spectrum management, etc.

T7. Pervasive Services & Systems

Web service, semantic Web, ubiquitous service, P2P service, trusted service,
service safety and assurance, service science, engineering & management,
EaaS including SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, Grid and Cloud, QoS, service-oriented architecture,
systems, applications, etc.

T8. Multimedia Technologies & Applications

Multimedia modeling and semantics, pervasive multimedia database and management,
pervasive media privacy and protection, VR/AR, intelligent multimedia sensing,
processing, coding, indexing, mining, analyses, interfaces, tools, systems,
applications, etc.

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WORKSHOP PROPOSAL
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In conjunction with the PICom-09, several workshops will be held. Please submit
a workshop proposal including call for papers, organizing committee, important
dates, short bio of the organizers to the PICom-09 workshop chairs
(picom09@googlegroups.com) before July 15.
Proceedings of PICom-09 workshops will be published by IEEE CS Press.

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PAPER SUBMISSIONS
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Prepare your paper with free styles not more than 15 pages in PDF file. Submit your
paper at the PICom-09 submission site: http://cse.stfx.ca/~picom09/sub/.

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PUBLICATION
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Accepted papers will be published by IEEE CS Press (EI-indexed) and selected
papers will be published in special issues of some top SCI-indexed journals.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop Proposal Due: July 15, 2009
Submission Deadline: August 15, 2009
Notification of Acceptance: September 30, 2009
Final Manuscript Due: October 15, 2009

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GENERAL CHAIRS
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Mingtian Zhou, University of Elec. Sci. Tech. of China, China
Ajith Abraham, Norwegian University of Sci. & Tech., Norway
Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada

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PROGRAM CHAIRS
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William Zhu, University of Elec. Sci. Tech. of China, China
Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
Alessio Vecchio, University of Pisa, Italy

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PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS
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Bofeng Zhang, Shanghai University, China
Abdelhamid Bouchachia, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Marco Avvenuti, University of Pisa, Italy
Juan C. Augusto, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK
Jeffrey Fan, Florida International University, USA
Jinhua Guo, University of Michigan, USA
Stefan Poslad, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Shaozi Li, Xiamen University, China

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WORKSHOP CHAIRS
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Huadong Ma, Beijing University of Posts & Tel., China
Evi Syukur, University of New South Wales, Australia
Xiaolong Jin, University of Bradford, UK

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PUBLICITY CHAIRS
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Borgy Waluyo, Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore
Lei Shu, Dig. Enterprise Res. Institute, Ireland
Lai Tu, Huazhong University of Sci. & Tech., China
Xingang Liu, Yeungnam University, Korea
Naixue Xiong, Georgia State University, USA
Min Chen, University of British Columbia, Canada

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LOCAL AND FINANCE CHAIR
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Yanping Xiang, University of Elec. Sci. Tech. of China, China

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STEERING COMMITTEE
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Jianhua Ma (chair), Hosei University, Japan
Laurence T. Yang (chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea
Yuanshun Dai, University of Tennessee, USA

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ADVISORY COMMITTEE and PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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See the PICom-09 web site