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The 17th IEEE International Conference<font face="Verdana"> Ubiquitous Computing and Communication</font> (IUCC 2018), 11-13 Dec. 2018, Melbourne, Australia.</div><div dir="ltr">
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Website: <a href="http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2018/iucc/" target="_blank">http://www.swinflow.org/confs/<wbr>2018/iucc/</a><br>
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Key dates:<br>
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2018 (11:59pm UTC/GMT, firm) <br>
Notification: September 30, 2018<br>
Final Manuscript Due: October 15, 2018<br>
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Submission site:<a href="http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2018/iucc/submission.htm" target="_blank">http://www.swinflow.org/<wbr>confs/2018/iucc/submission.htm</a><br>
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Publication:<br>
Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press.<br>
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Special issues:<br>Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Information Sciences, Future Generation Computer Systems, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience<div>
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Introduction<br>
     <br><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana">The technologies of computing and 
                                                                                        communications have undergone a 
                                                                                        series of evolutionary innovation 
                                                                                        over the past decades and improved 
                                                                                        the quality of human life 
                                                                                        significantly. Computing and 
                                                                                        communications in the 21st century 
                                                                                        faces an ever-increasing number of 
                                                                                        great challenges and revolutionary 
                                                                                        developments. Ubiquitous Computing 
                                                                                        and Communications is a 
                                                                                        revolutionary paradigm that aims to 
                                                                                        provide pervasive and reliable 
                                                                                        computing solutions and 
                                                                                        communication services anytime and 
                                                                                        anywhere. This emerging technology 
                                                                                        is built upon the rapid research and 
                                                                                        development advances in a wide range 
                                                                                        of key areas including wireless and 
                                                                                        sensor networks, mobile and 
                                                                                        distributed computing, embedded 
                                                                                        systems, agent technologies, 
                                                                                        autonomic communication, and 
                                                                                        information security. Ubiquitous 
                                                                                        Computing and Communications has 
                                                                                        drawn significant interests from 
                                                                                        both academia and industry and 
                                                                                        continues to attract tremendous 
                                                                                        research efforts due to its 
                                                                                        promising new business opportunity 
                                                                                        in information technology and 
                                                                                        engineering.</span></div>
                                                                                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.9pt;line-height:12pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana">   </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3.9pt;line-height:12pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:Verdana">The conference offers an important 
                                                                                        international platform and brings 
                                                                                        together the scientists, engineers, 
                                                                                        researchers, and students from 
                                                                                        academy and industry all over the 
                                                                                        world to share their latest work, 
                                                                                        exchange experiences and discuss the 
                                                                                        state-of-the-art challenges of 
                                                                                        ubiquitous computing and 
                                                                                        communications. IUCC 2018 is 
                                                                                        soliciting original and previously 
                                                                                        unpublished papers addressing 
                                                                                        research challenges and advances 
                                                                                        towards the design, implementation 
                                                                                        and evaluation of ubiquitous 
                                                                                        computing and communications 
                                                                                        technologies, systems and 
                                                                                        applications.</span></p>

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Scope and Topics<br>

<br></div><div>Track 1: Ubiquitous Computing<br>          (1) Autonomic Computing<br>          (2) Utility Computing<br>          (3) Cloud Computing<br>          (4) Mobile Computing<br>          (5) Real-Time Computing<br>          (6) Grid and Peer-to-Peer Computing<br>          (7) Energy-Efficient Ubiquitous Computing<br>          (8) Wearable Computers<br>          (9) Embedded Computing<br>          (10) Parallel and Distributed Computing<br>          (11) Information Visualization<br>          (12) Modelling and Analysis of Ubiquitous Computing Systems<br>          (13) Internet Computing<br>          (14) Ambient Intelligence<br>          (15) Middleware and Agent Technologies<br>          (16) Reliable and Trusted Computing<br>          (17) Numerical Algorithms and Analysis<br>          (18) Computational Simulation and Analysis<br>          (19) Computational Science<br><br><br>Track 2: Ubiquitous Communications<br>          (1) Autonomic Communications<br>          (2) Computer Networking<br>          (3) Communication Theory and Protocols<br>          (4) Wireless Networks<br>          (5) Cognitive Radio<br>          (6) Pervasive Embedded Networks<br>          (7) Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks<br>          (8) RFID<br>          (9) Network Middleware<br>          (10) Enabling Technologies (e.g., Wireless PANs, LANs, Bluetooth)<br>          (11) Location Systems and Technology<br>          (12) Multimedia Communication Systems<br>          (13) Human-Computer Interaction<br>          (14) Mobility Management<br>          (15) Future Networks and Protocols<br>          (16) Web of Things<br>          (17) Big Data<br>          (18) Signal Processing for Communications and Networking<br>          (19) Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems<br>          (20) Multimedia Signal Processing<br>   <br>Track 3: Ubiquitous System, Services and Applications<br>          (1) Context-Aware Applications<br>          (2) Resource Management<br>          (3) Programming Paradigms for Ubiquitous Computing Applications<br>          (4) Smart Home<br>          (5) Pervasive Health<br>          (6) Ubiquitous Platforms<br>          (7) Embedded Systems<br>          (8) E-Commerce and E-Learning<br>          (9) Multimedia Applications<br>          (10) Quality-of-Service<br>          (11) Information Security and Privacy<br>          (12) Security Issues and Protocols<br>          (13) Key Management, Authentication and Authorization<br>          (14) Multimedia Information Security<br>          (15) Forensics and Image Watermarking<br>          (16) Distributed Sensing, Monitoring and Management Systems<br>          (17) Wireless Emergency and Security Systems<br>          (18) Wireless E-healthcare<br>          (19) Software Engineering<br>          (20) Biometrics and Human Computer Interaction<br>          (21) Multidisciplinary Artificial Intelligence<br>   <br>Track 4: Ubiquitous Media and Signal Processing<br>          (1) Ubiquitous Media Infrastructure<br>          (2) Ubiquitous Sensor Networks / RFID<br>          (3) 3G and Advanced Communication Techniques<br>          (4) Ubiquitous Applications<br>          (5) Ubiquitous Middleware<br>          (6) Semantic Web and Knowledge Grid<br>          (7) Signal Processing Theory and Methods<br>          (8) Signal Processing for Communications and Networking<br>          (9) Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems<br>          (10) Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing<br>          (11) Signal Processing Education<br>          (12) Audio Signal Processing<br>          (13) Speech and Spoken Language Signal Processing<br>          (14) Image, Video and Multidimensional Signal Processing<br><br>Submission Guidelines<br>

<span style="font-family:Verdana">S</span>ubmissions must include an abstract, keywords, the e-mail address of the corresponding author and should not exceed 8 pages for main conference, including tables and figures in IEEE CS format. The template files for LATEX or WORD can be downloaded here. All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three program committee members. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the conference and present the work. Submit your paper(s) in PDF file at the submission site: <a href="http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2018/iucc/submission.htm" target="_blank">http://www.swinflow.org/<wbr>confs/2018/iucc/submission.htm</a><font face="Verdana"><wbr>.</font>

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Publications<br>
Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers may be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference.<br>         <br>Distinguished papers will be selected for special issues in Information Sciences, Future Generation Computer Systems, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience.<br>        <br></div>
General Chairs<br>Jesús Carretero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain<br>Shonali Krishnaswamy, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia<br>  </div><div dir="ltr">Program Chairs<br>Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland<br>Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan<br>Indrajit Ray, Colorado State University, USA<br>   </div><div dir="ltr">Workshop Chairs<br>Xiaolong Jin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China<br>Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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