[AISWorld] MobiWIS 2013: Final Call for Papers and Call for Demos

[Joyce El Haddad]

(Apologies for cross-postings)
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10th International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems
(MobiWIS 2013)

26-28 August 2013, Coral Beach Conference Hotel and Resort
Paphos, Cyprus

http://mobiwis2013.cs.ucy.ac.cy

*** FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS (extended deadline) ***
*** CALL FOR DEMOS ***

The International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems (MobiWIS) 
aims to advance the state of the art in scientific and practical 
research on mobile Web and information systems. It provides a forum for 
researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and the public 
sector in an effort to disseminate latest research results and to share 
knowledge and experiences regarding tools, techniques, technologies, 
models, and methodologies that lead to better information and service 
provisioning in the mobile Web.

The conference comprises a set of carefully selected tracks that focus 
on the particular challenges regarding mobile Web Information Systems in 
research areas such as, among others, Web Engineering, Service-Oriented 
Computing, Web Search, Data and Knowledge Management, Cloud Computing, 
Security and Human-Computer Interaction.

Conference Tracks
* Mobile Web and social applications
* Middleware/SOA for mobile Web information systems
* Mobile Web searching
* Context- and location-aware services
* Data management in the mobile Web
* Mobile cloud services
* Mobile Internet of Things
* Mobile Web security, trust and privacy
* Mobile networks, protocols and applications
* Mobile commerce and business services
* Mobile Web for social and economic development
* HCI in mobile applications
* Industry track - Mobile Web and Information Systems
* General - Mobile Web and Information Systems

Important Dates
Paper submission deadline: April 29 (extended), 2013
Demo submissions: May 13, 2013
Author notification: May 27, 2013
Final manuscript due: June 12, 2013

Paper Submission Instructions
Papers must be in English and must not exceed 15 pages. Papers must be 
formatted in Springer’s LNCS format; see formatting instructions and 
stylesheets:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors?SGWID=0-40209-0-0-0
Papers are submitted as PDF files via the EasyChair conference 
management system:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mobiwis2013
Submitted research papers may not overlap with papers that have already 
been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a 
conference with proceedings.

Demo Submission Instructions
MobiWIS 2013 will offer the opportunity for demonstrations of systems
or applications that exhibit novel features regarding all thematic
areas of the conference. Proposals for demonstrations
describing the system/application, its novel features, and the demonstration
should be submitted through the conference submission system by the
demonstration deadline, track "Demonstrations":
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mobiwis2013
Submissions of demonstration proposals are accepted in pdf format only.
Demonstration proposals should be up to 4 pages in length, and should
follow the LNCS paper formatting guidelines:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors?SGWID=0-40209-0-0-0.
Demonstration proposals should be up to 4 pages
in length, and should otherwise be in the format required for papers.

Publication
All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings 
published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 
series. For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for 
the conference and plan to present the paper. Authors of selected papers 
will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for a 
special issue on Mobile Web Information Systems in the
Computing journal published by Springer.

Accepted demonstration papers will be included in the main conference 
proceedings to be published with Springer. At least one proposer of 
every accepted demonstration must register to the conference, attend the 
event, and present the demonstration live during a dedicated 
demonstration session. Suitable facilities (e.g., a table, chairs and 
power plugs) will be provided by the conference.

General Chair
George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

General Vice-Chairs
Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada

Program Chairs
Florian Daniel, University of Trento, Italy
Philippe Thiran, Sirris and University of Namur, Belgium

Program Vice-Chairs (Conference Tracks)

- Mobile Web and social applications
Leondro Wives, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

- Middleware/SOA for mobile Web information systems
Zaki Malik, Wayne State University, USA

- Mobile Web searching
Daqiang Zhang, Institute Telecom, France

- Context- and location-aware services
Hong-Linh Truong, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

- Data management in the mobile Web
Roberto De Virgilio, Università Roma Tre, Italy

- Mobile cloud services
Claudio Geyer, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

- Mobile Internet of Things
Federico M. Facca, CREATE-NET, Italy

- Mobile Web security, trust and privacy
Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

- Mobile networks, protocols and applications
Carlos A. Iglesias, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

- Mobile commerce and business services
Michael Weiss, Carleton University, Canada

- HCI in mobile applications
Nikolay Mehandjiev, University of Manchester, UK

- Industry track - Mobile Web and Information Systems
Pikkarainen Minna, VTT, Finland

- General - Mobile Web and Information Systems
Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK