Call For Papers (EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE)

The paper submission deadline has been extended until Midnight (12:00AM)
PST on Sunday 2/8.
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ACS/IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services (ICPS'2004)

     American University of Beirut, Lebanon, July 19-23, 2004
                http://icps2004.cse.ogi.edu



Pervasive services and computing are emerging as the next computing paradigm
in which infrastructure and services are seamlessly available anywhere,
anytime, and in any format. This exciting new paradigm is the result of
recent research and technological advances in wireless & sensor networks,
mobile & agent computing, autonomic computing & services, and active
networks. The 2004 ACS/IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Services
(ICPS'2004) is a forum for researchers, engineers, application & service
developers and users to present their latest advances in the field of
pervasive computing and services.

Original contributions are solicited in all pervasive computing & services
research and applications. Topics include, but are not limited to:


  . Pervasive and autonomous computing and Architecture
  . Mobile Computing
  . Wearable Computing
  . Smart Devices and Networks
  . Wireless & Sensor Networks
  . Middleware support to enable & administer pervasive computing
  . Pervasive computing and Management
  . Speech processing / advanced computer vision
  . User interfaces and interaction model
  . Positioning and Tracking Technologies
  . Programmable and active networks
  . Service dissemination and discovery protocols
  . Environments & algorithms for pervasive application development
  . Runtime support for intelligent, adaptive agents
  . Security services for applications in pervasive environments
  . Programming paradigms for pervasive computing applications
  . Pervasive computing applications requirements
  . Performance measurement and Benchmarking


General Co-Chairs
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Salim Hariri, Univ. of Arizona, USA
(hariri@ece.arizona.edu)
Manish Parashar, Rutgers Univ., USA
(parashar@caip.rutgers.edu)

Program Co-Chairs
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Hassan Diab, American Univ. of Beirut, Lebanon
(diab@aub.edu.lb)
Mazin Yousif, Intel Corporation, USA
(mazin.s.yousif@intel.com)

Steering Committee
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Kamel Barkaoui, CEDRIC, CNAM, France
Hassan Diab, American Univ. of Beirut, Lebanon
Hesham El-Rewini, SMU, USA
Salim Hariri, Univ. of Arizona, USA
Nashat Mansour, Lebanese American Univ. (Chair)
Albert Y. Zomaya, Univ. of Sydney, Australia

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Publicity Chair
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Waleed W. Smari, University of Dayton, USA

Publications Chair
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Victor Zia, Intel Corporation, USA

Tutorial/Workshop Chair
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Madhu Jayaprakash, Intel Corporation, USA

Local Arrangements Chair
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Farid Chaaban, American Univ. of Beirut, Lebanon

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   Important Dates (Tentative)
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   Submission deadline: Midnight (12:00AM) PST on Sunday February 8, 2004
   Workshop/tutorial proposals due: January 30, 2004
   Notification of acceptance: March 26, 2004
   Final Manuscript due: April 30,2004

PAPER SUBMISSIONS
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ICPS'2004 invites authors to submit original and unpublished work. Please
submit extended abstracts (10 pages maximum in IEEE double-column format).
Paper submission should be electronic. Questions concerning hardcopy
submissions or any other issues may be directed to one of the Program
Co-Chairs. Papers exceeding the specified length or could not be viewed with
Adobe Acrobat may not be reviewed. Submission implies the willingness of at
least one of the authors to register and present the paper.

PROCEEDINGS
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The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press
and distributed at the conference.

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