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                     CALL FOR PAPERS

                   HICSS-36 Minitrack on
             MOBILE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS

           http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/mobile/hicss

              Part of the Software Technology Track

                     Thirty-sixth Annual
        HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES
                    January 6 - 9, 2003,
        Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii

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        Abstracts due:   March 31, 2002
        Full Papers due: June 1, 2002


In today's mobile society, access to relevant information and to
context-specific services "anytime, anywhere" is becoming increasingly
important. Mobile users are often particularly interested in = information
about and services in their immediate vicinity, thus Mobile Distributed
Information Systems must address location-dependent distribution of and
access to services and information from mobile devices. The user's
topological and geographical location becomes relevant for the = semantics
of communication, and such communication has to remain seamless even in
foreign environments, with little or no need for manual = reconfiguration.
Frequently, in addition to his location, the user's current situation
determines his information and service requirements. With mobile = devices
becoming more and more powerful, mobile users themselves may offer
information and services to peers in an ad-hoc manner. Consequently, = the
long-established distinction between clients and servers is blurred, which
calls for an extension of the architecture paradigm towards peer and/or
alternating roles.

This Minitrack will address current topics in the field of
Mobile Distributed Information Systems, such as:
  Location and Situation aware Information Services
  Network Support for Mobile Access to Services and Information
  Ad hoc Networking
  Quality of Service for Mobile Information Access
  Directory Services, Service Discovery, Service Brokers
  Service Interoperability, Service Distribution, Service Management
  Self-/Zero-/Auto-Configuration, Dynamic Configuration
  for Mobile Users
  Distributed Databases and Data Management for Mobile Access
  Modeling a User's Situation
  Mobile Devices: GUIs and Usability
  Management of Groups of Mobile Users
  Location Tracking Technologies
  Fundamentals of location-based Information and Service Distribution
  Architectures for Mobile Computing and Peer Service Provision
  Security Aspects of Mobile Distributed Information Systems
  Charging Models for Mobile Information and Service Access
  Business Opportunities and M-Commerce Potential of
  Mobile Distributed Information Systems
  Mobile Service and Information Provision in the Tourism Industry
  Case Studies of Mobile Distributed Information Systems


MINITRACK CHAIRS

  Andreas Meissner     Wolfgang Schonfeld     Lars Wolf               
  Fraunhofer IPSI      Fraunhofer IPSI        University of Karlsruhe
  Dolivostrasse 15     Dolivostrasse 15       Zirkel 2                  
  64293 Darmstadt      64293 Darmstadt        76128 Karlsruhe           
  Germany              Germany                Germany                   

  Tel: +49-6151-869-847=20
  Fax: +49-6151-869-6847=20

  {Andreas.Meissner, Wolfgang.Schoenfeld}@ipsi.fhg.de
  Lars.Wolf@uni-karlsruhe.de
                      =20
  The Minitrack Website is http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/mobile/hicss
  Please email general inquiries to hicss@ipsi.fraunhofer.de


MINITRACK PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Heribert Baldus, Philips Research Labs, Germany
Andrew T. Campbell, Columbia Univ, USA
Maria Francesca Costabile, Univ Bari, Italy
Carsten Griwodz, Univ Oslo, Norway
P=E5l Halvorsen, Univ Oslo, Norway
Haiming Huang, Broadstorm, USA
David Hutchison, Univ Lancaster, UK
Bruce McDonald, Northeastern Univ, USA
Andreas Meissner, FhG IPSI, Germany
Jochen Schiller, Freie Univ Berlin, Germany
Jens Schmitt, Tech Univ Darmstadt, Germany
Wolfgang Sch=F6nfeld, FhG IPSI, Germany
Lars Wolf, Tech Univ Karlsruhe, Germany


IMPORTANT DEADLINES

  March 31, 2002  Abstracts submitted to hicss@ipsi.fraunhofer.de
                  for guidance and indication of appropriate content.

  June 1, 2002    Full papers submitted to hicss@ipsi.fraunhofer.de

  August 31, 2002 Notice of acceptance or rejections of papers sent
                  to Authors by Minitrack Chairs.

  October 1, 2002 Accepted manuscripts submitted electronically to
                  the publisher of the conference proceedings. At
                  least one author of each accepted paper must
                  register to attend the conference by this date.
                  Registration cancellations after this date may
                  result in the paper being pulled from the
                  Proceedings prior to printing. See conference web
                  site for registration fee refund policy.

NOTE: Because HICSS is a nonprofit activity funded entirely by
registration fees, all participants and speakers are expected to have
their university/organization bear the costs of their expenses and
registration. HICSS is not able to subsidize registrations or offer
reduced fees.


INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION

1. Abstracts and full papers may be submitted by email to
   hicss@ipsi.fraunhofer.de as PDF, Postscript, or RTF documents.
   Abstracts may also be sent in ASCII format and are expected to be
   300-500 words. Full papers should consist of 22-26 double-spaced
   pages, including diagrams. Papers may be theoretical, conceptual
   or descriptive in nature. (NOTE: The final paper will be 10 pages,
   double-column, single-spaced.)

2. Do not submit the manuscript to individual Minitrack Chairs - use
   the above alias instead. Papers should contain original material
   and not be previously published, or currently submitted for
   consideration elsewhere.

3. Each paper must have a title page to include title of the paper,
   full name of all authors, and complete addresses including
   affiliation(s), telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es).

4. The first page of the manuscript should include only the title and
   a 300-word abstract of the paper.


TRACKS AT HICSS-36

  Collaboration Systems;
  Co-Chair: Jay Nunamaker; Email: nunamaker@bpa.arizona.edu;
  Co-Chair: Robert O. Briggs; Email: bbriggs@GroupSystems.com
  Complex Systems;
  Chair: Robert Thomas; Email: rjt1@cornell.edu
  Decision Tech. for Management;
  Chair: Dan Dolk; Email: dolker@redshift.com
  Digital Documents and Media;
  Chair: Michael Shepherd; Email: shepherd@cs.dal.ca
  Emerging Technologies;
  Co-Chair: Ralph H. Sprague; Email: sprague@hawaii.edu;
  Co-Chair: Hesham El-Rewini; Email: rewini@engr.smu.edu
  Information Technology in Health Care;
  Chair: William Chismar; Email: chismar@cba.hawaii.edu
  Internet & the Digital Economy;
  Co-Chair: David King; Email: dave@comshare.com;
  Co-Chair: Alan Dennis; Email: ardennis@indiana.edu
  Organizational Systems & Tech.;
  Chair: Hugh Watson; Email: hwatson@uga.edu
  Software Technology;
  Chair: Hesham El-Rewini; Email: rewini@engr.smu.edu

HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer,
and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and
practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or
descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a peer referee process and
those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference
Proceedings (IEEE). Submissions must not have been previously =
published.
For the latest information visit the HICSS web site at:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu


CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION:

Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair
Email: sprague@hawaii.edu

Eileen Dennis, Track Administrator
Email: eidennis@indiana.edu
Tel: 1-812-331-0551
Fax: 1-812-331-0564

Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator
Email: hicss@hawaii.edu
Tel: 1-808-956-3251
Fax: 1-808-956-5759


2003 HICSS-36 CONFERENCE VENUE:

Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii
425 Waikoloa Beach Drive
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
Tel: 1-808-886-1234
Fax: 1-808-886-2900
www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com