Call for Papers

          International Conference on Pervasive Computing

                          PERVASIVE 2002

                        August 26-28, 2002
                     ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

             Organized by IBM Research and ETH Zurich

                       www.pervasive2002.org

Relentless progress in basic Information Technologies (IT) -
microprocessors, memory chips, integrated sensors, storage devices,
and wireless communication systems - continues to bring ever smaller,
lighter, and faster systems-on-a-chip. As a result, beyond large hosts,
PCs, and laptop computers, IT systems are now invading every aspect
of life to the point that they are disappearing inside all sorts of
appliances or can be worn unobtrusively as part of clothing and jewelry.
This explosive spread of IT can be compared to the spread of electric
motors over the past century but promises to revolutionize life much
more
profoundly than elevators or electric car windows ever did. At the same
time, pervasive computing poses profound challenges including technical,
safety, social, legal, political, and economic issues.

The objective of this conference will be to present, discuss, and
explore latest technical developments in the emerging field of pervasive
computing as well as potential future directions and issues. Leaving
aside low-level hardware and transmission technology topics as well as
peripheral socio-economic aspects, the conference will focus on
technical
infrastructure and application issues. It will include presentations,
panel discussions, poster sessions, and demos on subjects like:

- System architectures and platforms for pervasive computing
- Middleware and pervasive computing infrastructures
- Mobile, wireless, and wearable technologies
- Innovative small computing and intelligent devices
- Emerging applications and mobile business issues
- Scenarios for information appliances
- Service discovery protocols
- Content distribution and delivery
- User interfaces for invisible and embedded computing
- Context awareness
- Security and privacy issues


Proceedings (containing the full papers) will be published by
Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series. Advice
for authors and instructions for submitting a paper, poster or demo may
be found at http://www.pervasive2002.org/submit.html

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Important dates:

   February 22, 2002  Paper submissions and demo proposals due
      April 23, 2002  Notifications to authors
        June 7, 2002  Camera-ready full papers due
       June 19, 2002  Poster and short paper submissions due
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General Chair
  Mahmoud Naghshineh, IBM Research

Program Chair
  Friedemann Mattern, ETH Zurich

Program Committee
  Emile Aarts, Philips Research Laboratories
  Arndt Bode, TU Munich
  Gaetano Borriello, University of Washington and Intel Seattle Research Lab
  Dave DeRoure, University of Southampton
  Oliver Haase, Bell Labs Research
  Stefan Hild, IBM Research
  Dirk Husemann, IBM Research
  Pertti Huuskonen, Nokia
  Alan Jones, AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
  Kazuhiko Kato, Tsukuba University
  Tim Kindberg, HP Laboratories
  Kazushi Kuse, IBM Research
  Gerald Maguire, KTH Stockholm
  Joachim Posegga, SAP Corporate Research
  Apratim Purakayastha, IBM Research
  Jun Rekimoto, Sony
  Kurt Rothermel, University of Stuttgart
  Larry Rudolph, MIT
  Bernt Schiele, ETH Zurich
  Bill Schilit, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
  Roy Want, Intel Research

Tutorial Co-chairs
  Bernt Schiele, ETH Zurich
  Marisa Viveros, IBM Research

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For more information see http://www.pervasive2002.org