The Sixth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications
continues the series of high-quality, interactive workshops focused on
mobile and ubiquitous applications, systems, and environments, as well as
their underlying state-of-the-art technologies.

WMCSA's small workshop format (strictly limited to a maximum of 70) makes it
ideal for presenting and discussing new directions or controversial
approaches.

This year we are holding the workshop in the beautiful English Lake District
at Low Wood, Lake Windermere. 

2-3 December 2004, English Lake District, UK


Call for papers

The Sixth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications
continues the series of high-quality, interactive workshops focused on
mobile and ubiquitous applications, systems, and environments, as well as
their underlying state-of-the-art technologies.

We solicit submissions that concentrate primarily on applications, systems,
and environments. Submissions describing new lower-level technologies are
welcome if they focus on how the technology is being used or integrated into
a system or application.

WMCSA's small workshop format makes it ideal for presenting and discussing
new directions or controversial approaches.
Topics

We are particularly interested in the following topic areas:

    * Operating system and distributed systems support for mobile and pervasive computing
    * Novel applications and environments for mobile and pervasive computing
    * Coordination, aggregation, and spontaneous interaction of devices and applications
    * Security and privacy in mobile and pervasive systems
    * Management, ease of use, availability and complexity in mobile and pervasive systems
    * Other challenges unique to or exacerbated by mobility and pervasive computing

Submission instructions

Papers should be 10 US letter pages or less, and should describe either
completed or ongoing work (submissions will be handled electronically, full
details to appear here shortly). The conference proceedings will be
published by the IEEE, and we hope to publish a digest of the workshop in a
relevant journal. As is customary, papers must not have been published
elsewhere and may not be simultaneously under submission at another venue.

To encourage an interactive atmosphere, attendance will be limited. Authors
of submitted papers and accepted demo proposals will be given first
preference, with others able to register on a space-available basis.

A small number of graduate students will be granted a waiver of the
registration fee. Waiver proposal submission instructions will be posted
when available on this web site.
Demos

To further stimulate discussion, we welcome researchers who would like to
demonstrate working prototypes of their systems. Please send a brief demo
proposal (2 pages in 12pt font) via email in PDF format to Christian Becker
(becker@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de). More detailed guidelines as to what is
expected in the proposal can be found in the call for demos.
Important dates

Hard submission deadline: 15 June 2004 (no exceptions!)
Demo proposals due: 1 July 2004
Notification to paper authors: 11 August 2004
Notification of accepted demos: 15 August 2004
Camera-ready Deadline: 10 September 2004