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<P align=center><FONT color=#000080>CALL FOR PAPERS</FONT></P>
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color=#000080> <B><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3>International Workshop
on <SPAN class=916411909-21102004> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000080><B>Ubiquitous
Computing <SPAN class=916411909-21102004> </SPAN>(IWUC
2005)<BR></B><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000080><B><FONT face=Garamond
size=3>May 24-25, 2005 - Miami, USA <SPAN class=916411909-21102004>
</SPAN><BR><BR></FONT></B><FONT face=Garamond size=3>In conjunction with the
Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - ICEIS 2005
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=3>(</FONT></FONT><A class=unnamed1
href="http://www.iceis.org/"><FONT face=Garamond color=#000080
size=3>http://www.iceis.org/</FONT></A><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Garamond
size=3>)</FONT> </FONT></FONT></FONT><B><FONT face=Garamond
size=3><BR></FONT></B><BR><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#000080>________________________________________________________________</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#18396b><B>Workshop Background and Goals</B> <BR><BR>The
development and availability of new computing and communication devices, and the
increased connectivity between these devices, thanks to wired and wireless
networks, are enabling new opportunities for people to perform their operations
anywhere and anytime. Furthermore, due to the high acceptance rate of such
devices by the user community, it is expected that these devices will become so
pervasive that most users will take them for granted. Generally known as
Ubiquitous Computing (UC), the vision of UC is to push computational services
out of conventional desktop interfaces into environments characterized by
transparent forms of interactivity.<BR><BR>Despite the growing interest in UC,
there is still some progress to be made before UC shifts from the research mode
to the commercial and intensive use modes. The support technologies, however,
are improving at an impressive pace. Most of the research and development
activities are currently aimed at improving the devices themselves and the
technologies these devices will use to communicate. At present, the main use of
mobile devices is still voice-oriented, but several indicators show that this is
changing. 3G networks (e.g., GPRS, UMTS) and recent development of communication
and presentation protocols (e.g., XML, WAP) are being combined to give users a
high-quality experience of data-centric services. <BR><BR>Besides the
central role that hardware infrastructure plays in the expansion and penetration
of UC, other issues still need to be tackled to better assist developers of UC
applications. Developers are put on the front line of satisfying the promise of
businesses and service providers for delivering Internet content to mobile
devices. Indeed, the fact that an application for mobile users has different
requirements, calls for new techniques to identify and specify these
requirements. With regard to users, it is expected that they will be frequently
engaged in complex operations such as searching the net for better business
opportunities. Therefore, their association with intelligent components, to act
as proxies, is deemed appropriate. UC environments of the near future will be
populated by a large number of computing devices, spread across the network, and
often invisible. These devices need to be coordinated for better interactions.
Devices, whether carried on by people or embedded into other systems (within the
home or at other sites), will constitute a global networking infrastructure --
and likely to provide a new level of openness and dynamics. These interactions
raise many new issues that draw upon existing research areas, as well as
introduce new research and development challenges, in technical areas (such as
device design, wireless communication, location sensing, etc), psychology
(privacy concerns, attention focus, multi-person interaction, etc), and design
(direct interaction, work patterns, etc).<BR><BR>Existing global efforts in Grid
Computing also shares some similarities with the aims of this workshop, although
Grid computing at present is restricted to high-end computational
resources. Making the Grid more open, and accessible to a wider range of
users will also require the need to address similar
challenges. <BR><BR><BR><B>Topics of interest <BR></B><BR>In this
workshop, we aim to identify ecent and significant developments in the general
area of ubiquitous computing. Topics of interests include, but are not limited
to:<BR>- Mobile computing vs. Pervasive computing vs. Ubiquitous computing.<BR>-
Design methodologies and evaluation techniques.<BR>- New interfaces and modes of
interactions between people and ubiquitous computing devices, applications
or environments. <BR>- Grid Computing technologies for Wireless
networks <BR>- Context awareness.<BR>- Agent-based ubiquitous
applications.<BR>- Services for ubiquitous applications.<BR>- Middleware for
service discovery.<BR>- Integration of wired and wireless networks.<BR>-
Enabling technologies such as Bluetooth, 802.11, etc.<BR>- Security and privacy
issues.<BR>- Visionary future scenarios.<BR>- Mobile services <BR>-
Performance tuning of mobile applications </FONT><BR><BR><FONT
color=#18396b><B>Format of the Workshop </B><BR><BR>The workshop will
consist of oral presentations. The proceedings of the workshop will be published
in the form of a book by ICEIS.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#18396b><B>Submission of Papers </B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT
color=#18396b>There will be two types of papers: long (approx. 5000 words) and
short (approx. 2000 words). Furthermore, a keynote speaker and a discussion
panel are planned. </FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
color=#18396b>Postscript/RTF versions of the manuscript should be submitted
thru</FONT><FONT color=#0034a0> <A class=unnamed1
href="http://www.iceis.org/submission/paper_ins_introduction.htm">ICEIS
web-based paper submission procedure</A>.</FONT></SPAN><BR><BR><FONT
color=#18396b><B>Important Dates </B><BR><BR>Full paper submission: January
25, 2005<BR>Author notification: March 4, 2005<BR>Camera-ready paper submission:
March 18, 2005<!--StartFragment --></FONT></P>
<P><FONT color=#18396b><FONT color=#000000><FONT
color=#18396b><B>Co-Chairs: </B><BR><BR>Soraya Kouadri Mostéfaoui (primary
contact)<BR>Dep. of Computer Science<BR>University of Fribourg<BR>Chemin Du
Musée 03 CH-1700<BR>Phone: (41) 26 300 84 72 <BR>Fax: (41) 26 300 97
31 <BR><BR>Zakaria Maamar<BR>College of ISs<BR>Zayed University<BR>P.O. Box
19282, Dubai U.A.E<BR>Phone: (971) 4 2082 461<BR>Fax: (971) 4 2640
854 </FONT> </FONT></FONT><FONT color=#18396b></P>
<P align=left><B>Workshop Program Committee: </B><FONT color=#18396b></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A. Elgorashi, George
Washington University, USA <BR>J. Shepherdson, British Telecommunications plc,
UK <BR>M. Brian Blake, George Washington University, USA <BR>B. König-Ries, TU
München, Germany <BR>W. Binder, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Switzerland <BR>S. Kouadri Mostéfaoui, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
<BR>G. Kouadri Mostéfaoui, University of Fribourg, Switzerland <BR>P.
Mihailescu, British Telecommunications plc, UK <BR>A. Gómez Skarmeta,
Universidad de Murcia, Spain <BR>S. Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology,
Austria <BR>P. Bellavista, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy <BR>K.
Drira, LAAS, Toulouse, France <BR>J. Al-Muhtadi, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA <BR>L. Esmahi, Athabasca University, Canada <BR>L. Ruf,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland <BR>H. Ammar, West
Virginia University, USA <BR>Q. Z. Sheng, the University of New South Wales,
Australia <BR>N.C. Narendra, IBM Software Labs, India <BR>C. van Aart, Acklin
agent based support, The Netherlands <BR>A. Karageorgos, University of Thessaly,
Greece <BR>E. Aimeur, University of Montreal, Canada <BR>M. Berger, Siemens
Corporate Technology, Germany <BR>M. Ouzzani, Purdue University, USA <BR>A.
Messer, Samsung, USA <BR>R. A. Haraty, Lebanese American University,
Lebanon<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
/><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">M.
Khedr, <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Ottawa</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T.Nadour, ENST,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">T. Ahmed, LABRI,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Bordeaux</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">A.
Zeid, American <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of
Cairo</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Egypt</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A. Lahlou, IUT
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Velizy</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">D. <st1:City
w:st="on">Meddour</st1:City>,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> Telecom
R&D, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">F. Belghoul, Eurecom
Mobile Communication, France<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=SV
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: SV">O.
Fouial, ENST, France<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">S.
Kurkovsky, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Columbus State
University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B>Venue</B> <BR><BR>The
workshop will be held at </FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT color=#18396b>Deauville Beach Resort in
</FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#18396b><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Miami</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">USA</SPAN>.<BR><BR><B>Registration
Information </B><BR></FONT><BR><FONT color=#18396b>To attend the workshop
you need to register at </FONT><FONT color=#0034a0><A class=unnamed1
href="http://www.iceis.org/">http://www.iceis.org </A></FONT><BR><BR><FONT
color=#18396b><B>Secretariat </B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT color=#18396b>ICEIS
2005 Secretariat - International Workshop on Ubiquitous Computing (IWUC
2005)<BR>E-mail:</FONT><FONT color=#0034a0> <A class=unnamed1
href="mailto:workshops@iceis.org">workshops@iceis.org</A> <BR></FONT><FONT
color=#18396b>Web site:</FONT><FONT color=#0034a0> <A class=unnamed1
href="http://www.iceis.org ">http://www.iceis.org </A></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></P></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=916411909-21102004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Soraya.Kouadri.M</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=916411909-21102004></SPAN><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>--</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Kind regards | Maa salama |
Meilleures salutations</FONT> </DIV>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> Soraya Kouadri
Mostéfaoui Tel: +41 26 300 84 74</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2> PhD
Student
Fax: +41 26 300 97 31</FONT> <BR><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> Computer
Science Departement Office 2.61 Pérolles</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2> University of
Fribourg Chemin Du Musée 03</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2> Switzerland
CH-1700 </FONT><BR><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2> Soraya.kouadrimostefaoui@unifr.ch</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Courier New" size=2> <<A
href="http://diuf.unifr.ch/people/~kouadris/"
target=_blank>http://diuf.unifr.ch/people/kouadris/</A>></FONT> <BR></P>
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