CFP : Special Issue of Elsevier Computer Communications

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Call for Papers: Computer Communications - Special Issue Ubiquitous Computing ==================== Guest Editor: Dr. Tom Pfeifer, FhG-FOKUS: Research Institute for Open Communication Systems, Berlin, Germany http://www.fokus.fhg.de/news/comcom Publication: Summer 2002 "Ubiquitous Computing", a phrase which the late Mark Weiser (1952 - 1999) described in 1988 as "the calm technology, that recedes into the background of our lives", matures from the vision of the Nineties to reality of the young millennium, enabling increasing mobility and interaction of services and applications in a large variety of areas in daily life. Recently, we have seen major progress in developing the new off-the-desktop computing paradigm that moves towards the notion of a pervasive, wearable, unobtrusive, disappearing, or invisible computer. This special issue of Computer Communications seeks new and unpublished contributions addressing existing and future approaches; publishing research within the full scope from technology to application. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Data Transmission Technology: Wired and Wireless, Permanent and Ad-hoc * Localization Technologies, Location Aware Services, Context Awareness * Seamless Integration Approaches for Devices in Home, Office, and Outdoors * Sensor / Actuator Communication * Zero-Gateway-Architecture * Specific Requirements for Middleware, Distributed Processing, and Management * Protection of Privacy and Security Aspects for Personal Profiles of the * Users in Ubiquitous Environments * Edge Devices and Technologies, from Handhelds and Wearables to Vehicle * Systems and Smart Buildings * User-centric and Personalized Services * Applications and Interfaces for User Interaction, Intelligent Environments * Social Implications and Impacts on Daily Life Papers are requested on both theoretical and applied aspects of Ubiquitous Computing. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submissions: December 31 2001. Notification of acceptance: March 15 2002. Publication: Summer 2002. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit full papers, following the templates available from the publisher (see www.elsevier.nl/locate/elecacc) in electronic form (PDF preferred) to the Guest Editor: Dr.-Ing. Tom Pfeifer Research Institute for Open Communication Systems: GMD-FOKUS Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31 10589 Berlin, Germany [Please note: The GMD Institutes joined the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, FhG, in July 2001] pfeifer@fokus.fhg.de or to send an email to the Guest Editor giving a URL from where a Postscript or PDF file can be downloaded. Please include keywords identifying the main topic of your paper. Full details of submission or further information are available from the journal's web site (www.elsevier.nl/locate/comcom), or from the General Editor, Jeremy Thompson (comcom@troubador.co.uk). See also the Call for Papers at http://www.fokus.fhg.de/news/comcom

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Call for Papers: 
Computer Communications - Special Issue

Ubiquitous Computing
====================

Guest Editor: 
Dr. Tom Pfeifer, 
FhG-FOKUS: Research Institute for Open Communication Systems, Berlin, Germany
http://www.fokus.fhg.de/news/comcom

Publication: Summer 2002 

"Ubiquitous Computing", a phrase which the late Mark Weiser (1952 - 1999) 
described in 1988 as "the calm technology, that recedes into the background 
of our lives", matures from the vision of the Nineties to reality of the 
young millennium, enabling increasing mobility and interaction of services 
and applications in a large variety of areas in daily life. Recently, we have 
seen major progress in developing the new off-the-desktop computing paradigm 
that moves towards the notion of a pervasive, wearable, unobtrusive, 
disappearing, or invisible computer.

This special issue of Computer Communications seeks new and unpublished 
contributions addressing existing and future approaches; publishing research 
within the full scope from technology to application. Areas of interest 
include, but are not limited to:

* Data Transmission Technology: Wired and Wireless, Permanent and Ad-hoc
* Localization Technologies, Location Aware Services, Context Awareness
* Seamless Integration Approaches for Devices in Home, Office, and Outdoors
* Sensor / Actuator Communication
* Zero-Gateway-Architecture
* Specific Requirements for Middleware, Distributed Processing, and Management
* Protection of Privacy and Security Aspects for Personal Profiles of the 
* Users in Ubiquitous Environments 
* Edge Devices and Technologies, from Handhelds and Wearables to Vehicle 
* Systems and Smart Buildings
* User-centric and Personalized Services
* Applications and Interfaces for User Interaction, Intelligent Environments
* Social Implications and Impacts on Daily Life

Papers are requested on both theoretical and applied aspects of 
Ubiquitous Computing. 

IMPORTANT DATES 
Deadline for submissions: December 31 2001. 
Notification of acceptance: March 15 2002. 
Publication: Summer 2002. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 
Authors are invited to submit full papers, following the templates available 
from the publisher (see www.elsevier.nl/locate/elecacc) in electronic form 
(PDF preferred) to the Guest Editor:

Dr.-Ing. Tom Pfeifer 
Research Institute for Open Communication Systems: GMD-FOKUS 
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31 
10589 Berlin, Germany
[Please note: The GMD Institutes joined the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, FhG, 
in July 2001]

pfeifer@fokus.fhg.de 

or to send an email to the Guest Editor giving a URL from where a Postscript 
or PDF file can be downloaded. Please include keywords identifying the main 
topic of your paper.

Full details of submission or further information are available from the 
journal's web site (www.elsevier.nl/locate/comcom), or from the 
General Editor, Jeremy Thompson (comcom@troubador.co.uk).

See also the Call for Papers at http://www.fokus.fhg.de/news/comcom