CALL FOR PAPERS : SAINT2004

	The IEEE/IPSJ Symposium on Applications and the Internet

			January 26-30, 2004
			    Tokyo, JAPAN

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	Co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) and the 
		Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ).
                        In cooperation with Japan�fs
             Telecommunications Advancement Organization (TAO), and
    Communications Society (CS) and Information and Systems Society (ISS) of
  The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE).

			http://www.saint2004.org

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

	Paper Submission: July 1, 2003
	Author Notification: Sep. 15, 2003
	Final Manuscript: Oct. 7, 2003
	Workshop Proposals: July 1, 2003
	Workshop Notification&CFP: Aug. 1, 2003
	Workshop Paper Submission: Oct. 7, 2003
	Workshop Final Manuscript: Nov. 1, 2003
	Panel Proposals: July 1, 2003
	Tutorial Proposals: July 1, 2003

THEME : The Evolving Internet:

   The utility of the Internet is expanding beyond what one could imagine a
   few years ago.  Today, the Internet accommodates a wide variety of
   information, services, people, communities, and cultures. The Internet is
   also becoming the engine and the platform of choice for a diverse range
   of applications and businesses. Additionally, driven by market demands,
   the Internet is required to be ubiquitous and pervasive; accessible and
   usable from any device and through any network, including wireless and
   mobile. The Symposium on Applications and the Internet focuses on
   emerging and future Internet applications and their enabling
   technologies. The symposium provides a forum for researchers and
   practitioners from the academic, industrial, and public sectors, to share
   their latest innovations on Internet technologies and applications. Areas
   of particular interest include, but are not limited to:


�˜	Internet Agents.

�˜	Collaboration Technology: groupware & telepresence, Internet
      communities.

�˜	Internet Content Management Systems: XML and semi-structured data,
      information fusion, web-based databases, data mining, metadata.

�˜	Internet Content Delivery: web caching, multimedia, media asset
      management, adaptations, QoS.

�˜	E-business: infrastructure for e-services, brokering, negotiation,
      B2B, Internet workflow, virtual enterprise.

�˜	Wireless and Mobile Internet: content adaptation, e-services, mobile
      commerce.

�˜	Standards for Internet Applications: XML, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, WSFL,
      ebXML, Java, .NET, Sun One, others.



�˜	GRID Computing.

�˜	Internet Appliances: smart phones, PDAs, sensor networks, smart
      home. �˜

	Novel Internet Applications: emergency and lifeline support, others.

�˜	Internet Security.

�˜	Network and Protocol Architecture.

�˜	Internet Operation and Performance: measument, IPv6 operation.

Paper Submission:

   Paper submission and review will be done electronically. Information for
   prospective authors, including paper format and instruc- tions can be
   found in the web page.

Workshops, Panels and Tutorials:

   Full- and half-day workshop, panels and tutorial proposals related to
   SAINT 2004 theme are solicited.  Workshop proposals should be submitted
   directly to Workshops Chairs (yoshida@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp &
   hossam@cs.queensu.ca). The Workshops Call For Papers will be announced
   accordingly.  Panel proposals should be submitted directly to Panels
   Chairs (imai@netlab.nttdocomo.co.jp & Henry.Tirri@cs.helsinki.fi).
   Tutorial proposals should be submitted directly to Tutorials Chairs
   (hiroshi@wide.ad.jp & cellary@kti.ae.poznan.pl).

Publications:

   The Proceedings of the Symposium and the Workshops will be published by
   the IEEE Computer Society Press.  There are plans to invite several
   authors to provide paper revisions for special issues of IEEE-CS or IPSJ
   magazines and journals.

Best Paper Award:

   A best paper will be selected and recognized by the Program Committee and
   the Awards Chairs.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

General Chairs:
   Yuji Oie, Kyushu Institute of Tech., Japan
   Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA
Program Chairs:
   Shinji Shimojo, Osaka Univ., Japan
   Erich Neuhold, Fraunhofer-IPSI, Germany
Workshops Chairs:
   Kenichi Yoshida, Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan
   Hossam Hassanein, Queen's U., Canada
Panels Chairs:
   Kazuo Imai, NTT DoCoMo Labs., Japan 
   Henry Tirri, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
Tutorials Chairs:
   Hiroshi Esaki, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
   Wojciech Cellary, Poznan U., Poland 
Registration Chair:
   Tadanobu Okada, NTT Labs.,  Japan 
Local Arrangements Chairs:
   Junichi Shimada, CRL, Japan
   Kazuo Asakawa, Fujitsu Labs., Japan
Awards Chairs:
   Hideo Miyahara, Osaka Univ., Japan
   Gul Agha, U. of Illinois, Champain, USA
Publication Chairs:
   Kenichi Baba, Osaka Univ., Japan
   Nayeem Islam, DoCoMo Labs., USA
Designated Technical Comm. Chairs: 
   Hideki Sunahara, NAIST, Japan 
   Javed Khan, Kent State U., USA
Financial Chairs:
   Shinya Amano, Toshiba, Japan
   Kai Chang, Auburn University, USA
International Liaison Chairs:
   Akira Yamamoto, Hitachi, Japan
   Mostafa Bassiouni, U. C. Florida, USA
Industry Liaison Chairs: 
   Shingo Ichii, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
   Peter In, Texas A&M U., USA
Publicity Chairs:
   Katsuyuki Yamazaki, KDDI Labs., Japan 
   Allan Zhang, Microsoft, USA
   Mike Papazoglou, Tilburg U.,The Netherlands
Web Master: 
   Takeshi Ikenaga, Kyushu Institute of T., Japan
Steering Committee Chair:
   Jun Murai, Keio Univ., Japan