Ubiquitous sensors, devices, networks and information are paving the way towards a smart world (SW) in which computational intelligence is distributed throughout the physical environment to provide trustworthy and relevant services to people. This ubiquitous intelligence (UI) will change the computing landscape because it will enable new breeds of applications and systems to be developed; the realm of computing possibilities will be significantly extended. By enhancing everyday objects with intelligence, many tasks and processes could be simplified, the physical spaces where people are associated like the workplaces and homes, could become more efficient, safer and more enjoyable. Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing, composes these many smart things/u-things to create the environments that underpin the smart world.
The UIC 2009 workshops provide vibrant opportunities for researchers and industry practitioners to share their research experience, original research results and practical development experiences on specific new challenges and emerging issues.
The organizers and chairs of the workshop shall have responsibility of the call for papers, forming program committee, review and selection of papers as well as planning the workshop program. The registration fee for workshops will be determined by the conference (not the workshop itself). The fees will be paid to the conference, and the conference will provide workshop facilities including the working notes printing, the meeting room, coffee break, lunch, proceedings and etc.
The proceedings of the UIC-09 workshops will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press (Indexed by EI).
Prospective workshop organizers should send a proposal containing the following information to UIC-09 Workshop Chair.
- Title of the workshop (Full name and Abbreviation)
- Objectives, scope, and contribution to the main conference (up to 1 page)
- Short bio of the key organizers and their experience on conference/workshop organization
- Procedure for selecting papers, plans for dissemination (for example, how to advertise and special issues of journals), and the expected number of participants
- A tentative list of program committee members
- A tentative website address
Approved workshops should strictly follow the important dates, particularly the paper status
notification and camera-ready dates. The submission deadline could be later than that of
the main conference. But a workshop should have sufficient time, say 5-7 weeks, for generating
peer reviews. Generally, each paper should receive 3 peer reviews.
Important Dates
| Workshop Proposal Due | 15 October 2008 |
| Workshop Notification | 30 October 2008 (ongoing as received) |
| Paper Submission Deadline | 15 February 2009 |
| Paper Status Notification | 25 March 2009 |
| Camera-ready Due: | 10 April 2009 |
We look forward to your stimulating proposals and contributions to UIC-09 workshops. A workshop proposal should be submitted before October 15, 2008. A workshop proposal will be reviewed and the result will be notified case by case. Thus, interested organizers are encouraged to submit their ready proposals EARLY to avoid potential topic/theme conflict with approved workshops. Submit workshop proposals to workshops co-chairs via email. (denko@cis.uoguelph.ca and chh@chu.edu.tw)
Best Regards,
Mieso Denko and Robert C. Hsu
UIC-09 Workshop Co-Chairs