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                                  *** Call for Papers ***

 

                     The 5th IEEE International Conference on 

            Mobile Cloud Computing, Services, and Engineering

                                            (Mobile Cloud '17)

                                 http://www.mobile-cloud.net/

                        San Francisco, USA April 6 - April 8, 2017

 

**** Extended deadline for paper submission: December 1st, 2016

 

                             *** firm deadline ***

 

The 5th IEEE Mobile Cloud conference seeks to present original and timely 

research related to the design, implementation, analysis, evaluation, and 

deployment of mobile cloud systems, services, and applications. The
integration 

of mobile computing and sensing with cloud computing enables new
applications 

that process big data collected from the physical world, and have an impact 

on almost every aspect of our daily life, including transportation,
e-commerce,

healthcare, safety and location privacy, smart cities, social interaction,
the 

Internet of things (IoT) etc. This conference will provide a great platform
to 

allow researchers in academia and industry to exchange their latest research


results and development activities on mobile cloud computing, services, and 

engineering. Its primary objective is to share the latest research ideas and


results, as well as the emerging industry technologies related to mobile 

computing and cloud computing. The conference solicits original technical 

papers, not previously published and not currently under review for
publication 

elsewhere. Papers will be judged on originality, significance, clarity, 

relevance, and correctness. Extended versions of the best papers will be 

invited for fast-track publication in a planned Special Issue on Mobile 

Cloud Computing of the IEEE Cloud Computing Magazine.

 

 

* SCOPE

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

 

- Mobile cloud computing models, architectures, middleware, and platforms

- Formal methods for mobile cloud system design and analysis

- Mobile cloud service and application testing

- Engineering mobile cloud systems and services 

- Mobile crowdsensing models and associated platforms 

- Mobile cloud resource management, provisioning, and migration

- Mobile-aware cloud data management and data retrieval

- Mobile cloud data centers, storage, and networking technologies

- Virtualization techniques for mobile cloud computing and services

- Security and privacy for mobile cloud computing and networking 

- Reliability of mobile cloud services and applications

- Energy-saving mobile cloud protocols 

- Mobile multimedia and mobile social community services 

- Cloud-assisted human-centered applications based on wearable computing
devices

- Mobile-enabled virtual reality 

- Mobile commerce and cloud-based marketplace

- Intuitive user interfaces for cloud-based mobile applications

- Research case studies and experimental reports 

- Industry reports on experience and lessons learned

- Mobile cloud enabled pervasive learning and education

 

 

* ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chairs:

- Cristian Borcea (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)

- Hiroyuki Sato (University of Tokyo, Japan)

 

Program Chairs:

- Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)

- Luca Foschini (Evidation Health, Inc., USA)

- Haiping Xu (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA) 

 

Local Chair

- Jerry Gao (San Jose State University, USA)

 

Finance Chair 

- Jerry Gao (San Jose State University, USA)

 

Publicity Chairs 

- Stefano Chessa (University of Pisa, Italy)

- Habib M. Ammari (Norfolk State University, USA)

- Ahmet Sekercioglu (Monash University, Australia)

 

Publication Chair

- Lei Ma (Chiba University, Japan)

 

Web Chair

- James Wu (San Jose State University, USA)

 

 

* IMPORTANT DATES

- Paper submission (firm deadline): December 1st, 2016

- Author notification: December 22, 2016

- Camera-ready submission and conference registration: January 31, 2017

- Conference: April 6 - April 8, 2017

 

 

* PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers must be written in English. Manuscript must include a title, an
abstract 

with 200-250 words, and a list of 4-6 keywords. Each paper is limited to 8
pages 

normally, including tables, figures and references. All papers must be
prepared 

in the IEEE double column proceedings format. Please see

http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

Each paper will be reviewed by at least three TPC members. Authors must
submit

their manuscripts using the EasyChair conference system, please follow this

EasyChair link:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeemobilecloud2017

 

* PAPER PUBLICATION

All accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press
(EI-Index)

and included in IEEE Digital Library. For publication, each accepted paper
is

required to be registered at full rate by one of its authors, and at least
one 

author is required to attend and present the paper at the conference for the


paper to be included in the final technical program and the IEEE Digital
Library. 

The length of camera-ready papers will be limited to 8 pages with no
surcharge. 

Up to 2 additional pages may be purchased with extra page fee upon the
approval 

of the Program Chairs.

 

 

* WORKSHOP/TUTORIAL PROPOSALS SUBMISSION

IEEE Mobile Cloud 2017 will host multiple one-day or half-day workshops in 

conjunction with the main conference; topics of interest include any major 

research area associated with mobile cloud middleware and applications, as 

well as relevant large-scale experiences (from academic/industry projects) 

in the field. The proposed workshops should focus on fostering discussion 

among participants as well as community building. A workshop proposal should


contain at least the following information:

 

* Name and possible acronym of the workshop

* Motivation and rationale for the workshop

* Draft call-for-papers, including introduction and topics of the workshop

* A list of program committee (PC) members

 

IEEE Mobile Cloud 2017 seeks half-day tutorial proposals, which should
provide

clear and focused teaching material covering new and emerging topics related
to

the main conference. A tutorial proposal should describe concisely the
content,

importance, and timeliness of the tutorial, as well as the targeted
potential

audience.

 

Workshop and tutorial proposals must be submitted via email to the Program 

Chairs.

 

 

 

 


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