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                           CALL FOR PAPERS

Second International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing Systems (UCS2004)
              Keio University Mita Campus, Tokyo, Japan
                          November 8-9, 2004

Sponsored by Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) SIG-UBI
In cooperation with Ubiquitous Networking Forum, IPSJ SIG-MBL, IPSJ HI,
Human Interface Society and Japan Society for Software Science and
Technology

                   http://www.mkg.sfc.keio.ac.jp/UBI/ucs2004/
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PURPOSE & SCOPE
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We invite researchers, practitioners, educators and students, and others
interested in ubiquitous computing to participate in the second
International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing Systems (UCS 2004) held
in Tokyo, Japan on 8-9th of November, 2004. The aim of the symposium is
to stimulate interactions between participants through them. UCS 2004
focuses on the emerging area of ubiquitous computing. This emergence is
an outcome of the rapid evolution in smart appliances and devices, as well
as tremendous advances in wireless networks and mobile computing. The
symposium offers the opportunity for in-depth exploration of the most
recent research and development findings in the field of ubiquitous
computing.

TOPICS
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We encourage contributions describing innovative work on ubiquitous
computing systems. Areas of interest include, but not limited to:

- Enabling Technologies for Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing
- Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing
- Home and Office Appliances
- Portable Devices and Wearable Computers
- Wireless Networks, Home Network and Ubiquitous Networks
- Mobile Ad-hoc Networking and Computing
- Smart Sensors and Sensor Networks
- Passive, Active, and Smart Tags for Ubiquitous Computing
- Security and Privacy for Ubiquitous Computing
- Social Solutions for Ubiquitous Computing
- Software Architecture for Home/Smart Appliances
- Location-dependent and Context-aware Computing
- Human Computer Interaction in Ubiquitous Computing
- Gaming Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments
- Modeling and Inference
- Domestic Environments and Health Care

IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission deadline:           May 31, 2004
Notification of acceptance: August 10, 2004
Camera-ready papers:     September 15, 2004

Paper Submission
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Technical papers for UCS2004 must not exceed 8 pages and must include an
abstract of 100-150 words. Authors are invited to submit papers
electronically with PDF format. For more information about paper
submission, check the conference Web site.
http://www.mkg.sfc.keio.ac.jp/UBI/ucs2004/

Poster and Demonstration Sessions
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Submissions are invited to present recent results in posters and
demonstrations. Further information will be available from the
conference website or by contacting the posters/demonstration chair 
(yasuto@cc.tuat.ac.jp).

CONTACT
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For general information: ucs2004-info@ubi.sfc.keio.ac.jp
For submission ucs2004-submission@ubi.sfc.keio.ac.jp
For registration ucs2004-info@ubi.sfc.keio.ac.jp

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General Co-chairs
 Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio Univ., Japan
 Hitomi Murakami, KDDI, Japan

Program Co-chairs
 Hideyuki Nakashima, Future Univ. - Hakodate, Japan
 Michiaki Yasumura, Keio Univ., Japan

Program Committee Members
 Michael Beigl, Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany
 Miwako Doi, Toshiba Corp., Japan
 Masaaki Fukumoto, NTT DoCoMo, Japan
 Motohisa Funabashi, Hitachi, Japan
 Hans-Werner Gellersen, Lancaster Univ., UK
 Koiti Hasida, AIST, Japan
 Lars Erik Holmquist, Viktoria Institute, Sweden
 Hiroki Horiuchi, KDDI R&D Labs, Japan
 Antonio Krueger, DFKI, Germany
 Koichi Kurumatani, AIST, Japan
 Marc Langheinrich, ETH, Switzerland
 Toshiyuki Masui, AIST, Japan
 Hiroyuki Morikawa, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
 Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda Univ., Japan
 Kumiyo Nakakoji, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
 Jin Nakazawa, Keio Univ., Japan
 Masayoshi Ohashi, KDDI, Japan
 Jun Rekimoto, Sony C.S. Labs, Japan
 Ichiro Satoh, NII, Japan
 Bernt Schiele, ETH, Switzerland
 Itiro Siio, Tamagawa Univ., Japan
 Frank Stajano, Univ. of Cambridge, UK
 Kazunori Takashio, Keio Univ., Japan
 Youichi Takebayashi, Shizuoka Univ., Japan
 Steven Willmott, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain