Call for Papers

Mobile Computing, Wireless Communications and U-Learning

 

Wireless communications technologies have enabled many of the conveniences in our lives. Ubiquitous access to information, anywhere, anyplace, and anytime, will characterize whole new kinds of information systems in the 21st century. These are being enabled by rapidly emerging wireless communications system, based on WiMAX, cellular networks, wireless LANs, etc. On the other hand, technologies enabling e-Learning have increased the flexibility of the locations where learning take place. Wireless communication technologies further increase the options for these locations. Advances in wireless communication technologies have recently provided the opportunity for educators to create new educational models. With the trend of the Ubiquitous-Learning (U-Learning)    the educational media are becoming more mobilized, portable and individualized what the learning form is being modified spectacularly. This workshop is intended to foster state-of-the-art research in the areas of mobile computing, wireless communications and U-Learning by presenting a forum for novel results and solutions to solve various problems and challenges foreseen in these topics.

The topical areas covered by this workshop include but are not limited to:

 

  • Mobile/wireless network architectures

  • Mobile/location management in wireless networks

  • Mobile computing applications/systems

  • Performance modeling of wireless systems

  • Algorithms for mobile computing

  • Fault tolerance in mobile networks

  • Distributed databases for mobile computing

  • Pervasive computing

  • Wireless communication protocols

  • Energy-efficient software/ hardware design

  • Sensor networks

  • Wireless data services

  • Multimedia/QoS mobile communications

  • Wireless communication experiments and trials

  • Next-generation wireless systems

  • Security in wireless communications

  • Human factors for mobile collaboration and interaction

  • Ubiquitous computing

  • Cross-layer protocol design

  • Network architectures, system architectures

  • Inter-working of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications

  • Vehicle movement simulation

  • Learning management systems

  • Managed learning environments

  • Virtual learning environments

  • Computer-mediated communication tools

  • Social support software

  • Architecture of educational information systems

  • Security and data protection

  • Learning objects

  • XML schemas and the semantic web

  • Web 2.0 applications

  • Teaching information literacy

  • Electronic library and information search skills

  • Education for computer-mediated communication

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Paper Submission 

Authors are invited to submit original papers: they must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors have published elsewhere

or have submitted in parallel to any other conferences that have proceedings. The submission of contributions to ICS 2008 Workshop occurs

through the ICS 2008 Workshop paper submission website. Paper must be prepared with PDF. Submissions must not exceed 6 pages, including

tables and figures, with only PDF. Submission of a paper implies that should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and

present the paper in the conference. Details can be accessed through http://ics2008.csie.tku.edu.tw/.

 

Chair

Han-Chieh Chao

Department of Electronic Engineering

National Ilan University

I-Lan, Taiwan, ROC

hcc@niu.edu.tw

 

Co-Chair

Victor C.M. Leung

TELUS Mobility Research Chair in Advanced Telecommunications Engineering

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada

vleung@ece.ubc.ca

Tin-Yu Wu

Department of Electrical Engineering

Tamkang University

Taiwan, ROC

tyw@mail.tku.edu.tw

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Organization

Guan-Hsiung Liaw

I-Shou University, Taiwan

Quincy Wu

National Chi Nan University, Taiwan

Yueh-Min Huang

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Wei-Kuo Chiang

National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Chih-Heng Ke

National Kinmen Institute of technology, Taiwan

Der-Jiunn Deng

National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan

Ching Shine Hwang

Kun Shan University, Taiwan

Li-Der Chou

National Central University, Taiwan

Yuh-Shyan Chen

National Taipei University, Taiwan

Ren-Hung Hwang

National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Jeng-Muh Hsu

National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

W. E. Chen,

National Ilan University, Taiwan

Jiann-Liang Chen

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Yao-Chung Chang

National Taitung University, Taiwan

M. C. Chen

National Taitung University, Taiwan

Yun-Sheng Yen

Fo Guang University, Taiwan

Szu-Chi Wang

National Ilan University, Taiwan

T. L. Kao

I-Shou University, Taiwan

Ing-Yi Chen

National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

Lain-Chyr Hwang

I-Shou University

Y. W. Chen,

National Central University

S.-T. Sheu

National Central University

San-Yuan Wang

I-Shou University

Kuang-Hui Chi

National Yunlin University of Science and Technology

Jen-Wen Ding,

National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences

Rung-Shiang Cheng

Kun Shan University

Weicheng Lin

National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences

R.-C. Wang

National Dong Hwa University

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Important Dates

Paper Submission Due: 10 Aug. 2008 24 Aug. 2008(Extended)

Acceptance Notification: 20 Sep. 2008

Final Camera-Ready Due: 30 Sep. 2008

Conference Dates: 13-15 Nov. 2008