[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call, it has been posted to several relevant mailing lists. Please redistribute within your own group or among colleagues, thank you very much!] CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Pervasive Computing Special Issue on Cloud Computing Submission Deadline: December 1st, 2012 Publication: Oct.-Dec. 2013 It could be argued that two of the most important technological developments of the last few years are the emergence of mobile and cloud computing. By shifting the hardware and staffing costs of managing computational infrastructure to third parties such as Google, Microsoft, or Amazon, cloud computing has made it possible for small organizations and individuals to deploy world-scale services; all they need to pay is the marginal cost of actual resource usage. At the same time, the deployment of 3G and 4G networks, the rapid adoption of feature-rich smartphones, and the growing integration of computation into consumer products such as cars and home appliances, have brought mobile and pervasive computing into the mainstream. This special issue aims to explore the intersections of these two trends. Mobile and embedded devices make it possible for users to access cloud-based services and data anywhere and anytime, extending their reach into everyday life. Simultaneously, cloud computing platforms are a natural fit to remedy the lack of local resources in mobile and pervasive devices, while enabling resource-intensive next generation applications. We invite original and high-quality submissions addressing all aspects of this field, as long as the connection to the focus topic is clear and emphasized. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following: • Cloud architecture support for mobile and pervasive applications • Cloud primitives for mobile and pervasive applications • Mobile and pervasive architecture and programming models • Resource provisioning and allocation • Programming models and frameworks • Energy management • Next generation pervasive applications (e.g., augmented reality, automatic translation, image recognition) • Privacy and security • Availability and reliability • Mobile device virtualization GUEST EDITORS • Eyal de Lara, University of Toronto, [log in to unmask] • Maria Ebling, IBM Research, [log in to unmask] • Ada Gavrilovska, Georgia Tech, [log in to unmask] • Alec Wolman, Microsoft Research, [log in to unmask] SUBMISSION INFORMATION Submissions should be 4,000 to 6,000 words long and should follow the magazine’s guidelines on style and presentation. All submissions will be anonymously reviewed in accordance with normal practice for scientific publications. In addition to full-length submissions, IEEE Pervasive Computing also invites work-in-progress submissions of 250 words or less (submit to [log in to unmask]). These will not be peer reviewed but will be reviewed by the Department Editor and, if accepted, edited by the staff into a feature for the issue. The deadline for work-in-progress submissions is 27 February 2013. For full author guidelines: www.computer.org/pervasive/author.htm For submission details: [log in to unmask] To submit an article: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pc-cs -- Andreas Bulling, Ph.D. Marie Curie Research Fellow University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory Junior Research Fellow Wolfson College, Cambridge [log in to unmask] www.andreas-bulling.eu --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------