MobilWare 2013 - Call for Papers

               The 6th Annual International Conference on
Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems, and Apps (MobilWare '13)
                       http://mobilware.org/2013
                   Bologna, Italy, 11-12 November 2013
                      Endorsed and organized by EAI
          Co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and CREATE-NET


* SCOPE

  Recent advances in wireless communications and the proliferation of
  powerful mobile devices have enabled smart cyber-physical
  environments where people and devices can seamlessly interact and
  where mass-market users are willing to receive/contribute to a wide
  range of mobile services, everywhere and anytime. A key enabler of
  these pervasive ubiquitous environments is the advancement of
  software and middleware technologies in various mobile-related
  sectors, ranging from effective synergic management of wireless
  communications to mobility/adaptivity support in operating systems,
  from horizontal support to crowdsourcing in different application
  domains to dynamic offloading to cloud resources, only to mention a
  few.


* TOPICS OF INTEREST

  The conference solicits original technical papers, not previously
  published and not currently under review for publication elsewhere.
  Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  - New middleware concepts for mobile devices
  - Mobile middleware enabling machine-to-machine communication
  - Mobile crowdsourcing and people-centric collaborative sensing
  - Big data from mobile sensors-generated datastreams
  - Smart space/city middleware and applications
  - Middleware for mobile cloud computing (e.g., seamless offloading)
  - Novel mechanisms for wireless sensor, and home networks
  - End-to-end architectures for ubiquitous service provisioning and
    deployment 
  - Synergic integration of heterogeneous wired and wireless networks
  - QoS awareness, adaptation, and fault-tolerance of mobile services 
  - Opportunistic, delay-tolerant, and store-carry-forward techniques
    for mobile and wireless networking 
  - Location/context-dependent support and services
  - Energy-efficient applications, services, and middleware
  - Mobility and handoff management 
  - Human-computer interface and portable 3D graphics for mobile
    devices 
  - Modeling, simulation, and performance evaluation of mobile wireless
    systems and services 
  - Trustworthiness, security, and privacy of mobile and wireless
    systems
  - Thin client technologies, Mobile Web APIs, BONDI, WAC, HTML5
  - Impact of IMS, RCS, RCS-e, EPC and LTE on the evolution of mobile
    middleware
  - Mobile Social Networking


* HIGHLIGHTS

  - For the first time in 2013, the conference is technically co-
    sponsored by IEEE Computer Society
  - MobilWare is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a
    leading community-based organization devoted to ICT innovation
    advancements
  - All accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion in the Computer 
    Society Digital Library and IEEE Xplore, as well as in the ICST's 
    own EU Digital Library (EUDL)
  - Proceedings will be submitted for indexing in all major biblio
    indexes, e.g., Google Scholar, ISI, EI Compendex, Scopus, and many
    more
  - Extended versions of selected best papers will be invited for
    magazine submission (special sections and fast review track) to
    IEEE IT Professional


* PAPER SUBMISSION

  All the papers, formatted according with the usual IEEE proceedings
  instructions, have to be submitted through the conference online
  system at: http://mobilware.org/2013


* BEST PAPER AWARD

  The program committee will designate one paper accepted to the
  conference as MOBILWARE 2013 Best Paper. The winner will be declared
  during the conference.


* TUTORIAL/WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

  Proposals for Tutorials and Workshops are solicited. Potential
  Tutorial/Workshop organizers are requested to submit a three-page
  proposal in PDF format, including a biographical sketch of each
  proponent and a short bibliographic reference list, to the
  Tutorial&Workshop Chair by June 15, 2013. Accepted tutorials and
  workshops will be typically half-day long, with the possibility of
  full-day events only if adequately motivated. Proposal evaluation
  will be based mainly on proponents' expertise and tutorial/workshop
  relevance to the conference.


* IMPORTANT DATES

  - Paper Submission Deadline: September 1, 2013
  - Notification of Acceptance: September 25, 2013
  - Camera Ready Deadline: October 1, 2013
  - Conference Date: 11-12 November, 2013


* CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEES

  - General Chair:
    Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy

  - TPC Co-Chairs
    J. Morris Chang, Iowa State University, USA
    Axel Küpper, Telekom Innovation Laboratories/Technische Universität
    Berlin, Germany

  - Tutorial & Workshop Chair
    Peter Ruppel, Telekom Innovation Laboratories/Technische
    Universität Berlin, Germany

  - Publicity Chair
    Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina,
    Brazil

  - Publications and Web Chair
    Carlo Giannelli, University of Bologna, Italy