EUPS 2009

International Symposium on Emerging Ubiquitous and Pervasive Systems (EUPS-09)

in conjunction with

The 12^th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS-2009)

August 19-21, 2009

Indianapolis, IN, USA

The rapid advances in wireless computing and communications have revolutionized the construction the way how ubiquitous and pervasive systems are built. Ubiquitous and pervasive systems are emerging disciplines bringing together essentials from artificial intelligence, distributed systems, mobile computing, peer-to-peer, sensor networks, networks, embedded systems, human computer interaction, autonomic computing and many other research fields.

This symposium is intended to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to identify and discuss the new issues and challenges imposed by emerging ubiquitous and pervasive systems. Papers that illustrate new ideas, innovative research results, or survey works are solicited. Topics of interest will include, but are not limited to:

• Ad hoc and sensor network support for ubiquitous computing
• Agent and multi-agent systems
• Automated and adapted services
• Case studies and experimentations
• Distributed systems
• Grid systems
• Human-computer interaction
• Integration of pervasive computing systems
• Location models and location awareness
• Models of context and context awareness
• Sensing systems
• Smart environments and smart spaces
• Ubiquitous and pervasive applications
• Ubiquitous and pervasive services
• Ubiquitous Web Services
• Wearable computing and personal area networks
• Wireless networks and mobile computing

Paper Submission

Only full papers in English will be accepted. Submit a full paper of at most 6 pages (IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page: URL: http://www.computer.org/portal/site/cscps/.

Paper submission must include contact addresses of all authors, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. All papers will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, if the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press.

Please, submit your papers (in PDF format) by email to: iseups@gmail.com

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: April 20, 2009
• Author Notification: May 5, 2009
• Author Registration: June 1, 2009 (Please follow this link)
• Final Manuscript: June 5, 2009

General Chair

• Hussein Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada

Steering Chairs

• Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada
• Tarek Sheltami, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Program Committee Chair

• Ashraf Mahmoud, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

    Program Committee

• Abdelhamid Mellouk, University of Paris, Paris, France                
• Agustinus Waluyo, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
• Alexander Ferworn, Ryerson University, Canada
• Ali El Kateeb, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
• Ali Shatnawi, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
• Ben Othman Mohamed, Qassim University, Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia
• El-Sayed El-Alfy, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• Farag Azzedin, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia
• Faraj Assalabi, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE
• Haidar Safa, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
• Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
• Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada
• Marwan Abu Amara, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• Menshawi Khamis, University of Garyounis, Libya
• Ming Yu, Florida State University, USA
• Mohamed El-Tarhuni, American University of Sharja, Sharja, UAE
• Mohamed Husam, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada
• Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
• Mohammad Banat, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
• Mohammed Elmusrati, University of Vaasa, Finland
• Mohammed Sqalli, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• Muhammad Jaseemuddin, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
• Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
• Roshdy Hafez, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
• Salam Zummo, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• Salman Al-Qahtani, King Fahd Security College,                Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Samia Loucif, Alhosn University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Tarek El-Bassuny, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• Tei-Wei  Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Walid Ibrahim, UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE
• Yahya Al-Harthi, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia