[AISWorld] CfP: Kaleidoscope 2013 - 'Building Sustainable Communities'

[Kai Jakobs]

Dear All,

The ITU Kaleidoscope conferences are unique in that they focus on both
the technical as well as the socio-economic and policy aspects of future
communication systems and their underlying standards. See the CfP below
for details.

The 5th of its kind will be held in Kyoto, Japan, on 22 - 24 April 2013.

The deadline is 10 September - so you better start writing .......


Hope to see you there.

Cheers,
Kai.
  



                    Building Sustainable Communities 

             The 5th ITU Kaleidoscope academic conference 
                     22-24 April 2013, Kyoto, Japan 


                           Call for Papers 

Kaleidoscope 2013 Building Sustainable Communities is the fifth in a
series of peer-reviewed academic conferences organized by ITU that
brings together a wide range of views from universities, industry and
research institutions of different fields. The aim of Kaleidoscope
conferences is to identify emerging developments in Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) at an early stage to generate
successful products and services through the development of
international and open standards. 

Future technologies should be designed to enhance the quality of human
life. Kaleidoscope 2013 will, therefore, highlight multidisciplinary
aspects of future ICTs including future services and applications demand
as well as socio-economic, cultural, ethical, legal, and sustainable
development policy aspects of communities of the future. 
ICTs can be used as a catalyst for transforming life to meet the
challenges of the new millennium, including global economic and
financial crises, high unemployment rates, accessibility issues, global
diseases, food availability and distribution, climate change,
environmental disasters, energy consumption, transport systems, safety,
security, and welfare. 

Sustainable communities will combine human-oriented technologies and
human values. Besides technical issues, building sustainable communities
also raises ethical concerns such as responsibility for future
generations and for the environment, as well as for data and information
privacy. Therefore,  an improved understanding of technology, its
suitable application, and a high consideration of its potential
consequences are necessary. To address these issues, and for a co-
evolution of technology and sustainable communities, standards are
indispensable. Developing these standards will require concerted global
efforts by inter-sectoral stakeholders. This conference will help to
further such collaborations. Building Sustainable Communities is calling
for original academic papers offering innovative and bold approaches in
research and development to build smart, ethical, and sustainable
communities. 

Audience
--------
Kaleidoscope 2013 is targeted at all specialists with a role in the
field, including researchers, academics, students, engineers, policy-
makers and regulators, innovators and futurists from all over the world.

Date and venue
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22 - 24 April 2013, Kyoto, Japan

Submission of papers
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Prospective authors, from countries that are Members of ITU, are invited
to submit complete, original papers with a maximum length of 4,500 words
within eight pages including summary and references, using the template
available on the event website. All papers will be reviewed through a
double-blind, peer-review process and handled electronically; see 
http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2013 
for the online submission (EDAS). Paper proposals will be evaluated
according to content, originality, clarity, relevance to the
conference's theme and, in particular, significance to future standards.

Deadlines
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Submission of full paper proposals: 10 September 2012
Notification of paper acceptance: 12 November 2012
Submission of camera-ready accepted papers: 3 December 2012

Publication and presentation
----------------------------
Accepted papers will be presented during the event and published in the
proceedings and in IEEE Xplore. The best papers will be evaluated for
potential publication in IEEE Communications Magazine. In addition,
selected papers will be considered for publication in the International
Journal of Technology Marketing or the International Journal of IT
Standards & Standardization Research.

Awards
------
Awards of USD 5k, 3k and 2k will be granted to selected best papers, as
judged by the Steering and Technical Programme Committees. In addition,
young authors presenting accepted papers will receive a Young Author
Recognition certificate.

General Chairman 
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Hiroshi Matsumoto (Kyoto University, Japan) 

Steering Committee 
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Christoph Dosch (ITU-R Study Group 6 Chairman; IRT GmbH, Germany) 
Roch Glitho (Concordia University, Canada) 
Kai Jakobs (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)  
Mostafa Hashem Sherif (AT&T, United States) 
Alfredo Terzoli (Rhodes University, South Africa) 

Host Committee 
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Chairman: Tatsuro Takahashi (Kyoto University, Japan) 
Tohru Asami (University of Tokyo, Japan) 
Yoshikazu Ikeda (Otani University, Japan) 
Yoichi Maeda (TTC, Japan) 
Mitsuji Matsumoto (Waseda University, Japan) 

Technical Programme Committee 
-----------------------------
Chairman: Kai Jakobs (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
The Technical Programme Committee is composed of over 100 subject matter
experts worldwide. Details will be available shortly at  
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/uni/kaleidoscope/2013/progcom.html 

Keywords 
--------
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), human-oriented
technologies, technological innovation, standardization, ambient
intelligence, ubiquitous networks, Internet of Things, M2M, e-
applications, information society, ethics, sustainability, environment. 

For additional information 
--------------------------
Additional information is available on the conference website: 
http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2013. 
Inquiries should be addressed to kaleidoscope at itu.int 

Suggested (non-exclusive) list of topics 
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Track 1: Technology and architecture evolution 
-  Long-distance and ultra-high-speed transmission network systems 
-  Disaster relief systems, network resilience and recovery 
-  Wireless sensor networks 
-  Optical wireless communication 
-  Human-centric, cognitive and context-aware systems 
-  Machine-to-machine communication and Internet of Things 
-  Body-area networks 
-  Near-field communications 
-  Environmental and biometric actuators and sensors 
-  Security and privacy-enhancing technologies 
-  Pervasive and trusted network and service infrastructure 
-  Mobility and nomadicity 
-  Adaptive antenna techniques 

Track 2: ICT applications and services for sustainable communities 
-  e-government and e-democracy 
-  e-learning and e-science 
-  e-agriculture 
-  e-health and telemedicine 
-  Ageing and ambient assistive living 
-  Smart cities: utilities, transport, buildings and homes 
-  Innovative applications and content delivery (IPTV, games, etc.) 
-  Mobile payment and money transfer 
-  Augmented reality and technology intelligence 
-  Location-based services 
-  Service layer requirements 
-  XaaS (Anything as a Service) 
-  QoS for differentiated source 
-  Location services 

Track 3: Social, economic and policy aspects of ICT in sustainable
communities 
-  Digital rights and identity management 
-  Societal impact 
-  Legislative and regulatory frameworks 
-  Security, confidentiality and privacy 
-  Accessibility and usability 
-  Business models (including accounting, billing and charging) 
-  Standardization models 
-  Network neutrality 
-  Inclusiveness, affordability and equal access 
-  Internationalization and localization 
-  Environmental sustainability 
-  Ethical issues 
-  Regulation (for QoS, network sharing, etc.) 
-  Standardization and innovation management 
-  Stakeholder perceptions in standards 
-  Standards in healthcare services 



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Kai Jakobs

RWTH Aachen University
Computer Science Department
Informatik 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems)
Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
Tel.: +49-241-80-21405
Fax:  +49-241-80-22222
Kai.Jakobs at comsys.rwth-aachen.de 
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