[AISWorld] IEEE MS 2014: Call for papers

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::::::::::::::::::::::::: CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline 3/15/2014)
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IEEE International Conference on Mobile Services (MS 2014)
June 27 - July 2, 2014, Hilton Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Conference rate: $159/night (In-room Internet access included) (vs.
$309/night
public rate)
http://www.themobileservices.org/2014/

Sponsored by IEEE.

The HotTopics of MS 2014: Real-world Solutions and Growing Ecosystems
Regular Theme of MS 2014: Wearable Technology and Internet-of-Things (IoT)
applications

MS 2014 organizing committee invites you to participate in the 3rd edition
of MS, to
be held on June 27-July 2 2014, Alaska, USA.

Wireless and ubiquitous connectivity have enabled mobile computing and
Internet
access on the go as a life-enhancing and indispensable experience of
modern life.
More than 50 billion devices, in more than 200 device types, will likely be
connected to the Internet by 2020 as integral components of a new
generation of
high-value application services for consumers and enterprises. API-defined
mobile
services have become essential ubiquitous services consumption and
delivery enablers
for many industries and government organizations worldwide. The 2014 IEEE
International Conference on Mobile Services (MS) aims at providing an
international
forum that is dedicated to exploring different aspects of mobile services
(from
business management to computing systems, algorithms, and applications)
and to
promoting technological innovations in research and development of mobile
services,
including, but not limited to, wireless & sensor networks, mobile & wearable
computing, mobile enterprise & eCommerce, ubiquitous collaborative & social
services, machine-to-machine & Internet-of-things clouds, cyber-physical
integration, and big data analytics for mobility-enabled services.

Mobile Services have been driving Internet innovations and transforming
traditional
businesses since iOS, Andriod, Windows Phone, and other mobile operating
systems
were introduced. We are leveraging mobile platforms such as WeChat, QQ,
Facebook,
Twitter, and others to analyze business opportunities, play games, conduct
transactions, collaborate with team members, sell products, build
relationships with
e-commerce partners, create friend-circles, and manage projects as well as
tasks. As
an open platform, The HotTopics of the 2014 IEEE International Conference
on Mobile
Services (IEEE MS 2014) is created to promote real-world solutions and
growing
ecosystems. The HotTipcs of IEEE MS 2014 invites you to submit practical
innovations, solutions, and case studies which inlude but not limited to the
following tracks.
-- Facebook Mobile Services;
-- Twitter Mobile Services;
-- WeChat Mobile Services;
-- QQ Mobile Services;
-- LINE Mobile Services;
-- WhatsApp Mobile Services;
-- Google Mobile Services (e.g. Google Maps, Youtube, Google+);
-- SnapChat Mobile Services;
-- Skype Mobile Services;
-- Instagram Mobile Services;
-- Innovations of Mobile Operating System (e.g. Andriod, iOS, Windows Phone).

The HotTopics of IEEE MS 2014 has a dedicated submission system "2014 IEEE MS
-        HotTopics" powered by ConfHub.com. Please choose one of the above
tracks for "Main
topic" when you submit your abstracts and 8-page papers. All papers will be
peer-reviewed by the program committee of IEEE MS 2014.

In adddition, the regular conference theme of MS 2014 is wearable
technology and
Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. Topics of Interest include, not
limited to:

Middleware
- Mobility identity & access mechanism
- Context- and location-aware middleware
- Agent technologies in ubiquitous, wearable, and mobile services
- Messaging, media streaming, and event management middleware for mobile
devices
- Mobility API integration, brokerage, and management
- Mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) and mobile app platform
- Reliability, availability, serviceability, scalability, and disaster
recovery for
mobile services
- Knowledge acquisition, discovery, matching, composition, and analytics
for mobile
services

Engineering
- Software architectures, programming framework, and operational models
for mobile
services
- Asset and configuration management of mobile devices
- Data management & integration for mobile services
- Big data analytics for mobility-enabled services
- Queries, transactions, and workflows in mobile services
- Performance & capacity management for mobile services
- Security & performance healthcheck for mobile services
- Service catalog, SLA, and compliance management for mobile services
- DevOps and operations management for mobile services

User experience
- User interfaces and usability for mobile applications and services
- Multimodal interfaces (speech, video kinetic, tactile)

Applications
- IoT-enabled services & industrial transformation (e.g., connected vehicles,
clinical remote monitoring, assisted living, building automation, traffic
management, asset management, etc.)
- IoT-enabled management of the physical world
- Innovative mobile, ubiquitous, and wearable applications
- Mobile social networking
- Ubiquitous collaborative & social services
- Mobile Web
- Services based on ad hoc and sensor networks
- Community based computing
- Personal-area services and applications

Cross-cutting
- Security and privacy in mobile services
- Trust models for mobile services
- Localization and tracking
- Application-level energy management for mobile devices

Under the umbrella of the IEEE 2014 World Congress on Services (SERVICES
2014), MS
2014 will co-locate with the following service-oriented sister
conferences: the 7th
IEEE 2014 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2014), the
11th IEEE
2014 International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2014), the 21th IEEE
International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2014), and the IEEE
International
Congress on Big Data (BigData 2014). The five co-located theme topic
conferences
will all center around "services," while each focusing on exploring different
aspects (web-based services, cloud-based services, services innovation
lifecycle,
mobile services, and Big Data-based services).
The technical program of MS 2014 will include The HotTopics, a research
track, an
application and industry track, and a work-in-progress track. The research
track
will highlight foundational work that strives to push beyond the limits of
existing
mobile services platforms and products, including experimental efforts,
innovative
systems and investigations that identify weaknesses in the existing mobile
services
models.

The MS 2014 tracks seek original, UNPUBLISHED research papers reporting
substantive
new work in various aspects of delivering mobile services. Track papers
MUST clearly
indicate their contributions to the field and properly cite related work
in the
field, such as those published in the proceedings of ICWS, SCC, CLOUD, SE,
SERVICES,
APSCC, ECOWS, and related journals including TSC, JWSR, and IJBPIM.
All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 program
committee
members. Accepted and presented papers from all MS tracks will appear in the
conference proceedings published by IEEE. Extended versions of selected
research
track papers will be invited for potential publication in the IEEE
Transactions on
Services Computing (TSC), International Journal of Web Services Research
(JWSR), and
International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management
(IJBPIM). Both
TSC and JWSR are indexed by SCI and EI [Link]. According to Thomson
Scientific, JWSR
is listed in the 2008 Journal Citation Report with an Impact Factor of
1.200. The
journal ranks #47 of 99 in the Computer Science, Information Systems and
ranks #37
of 86 in Computer Science, Software Engineering. TSC's Impact Factor in
2012 is
2.46.

Submitted research and applications and industry track manuscripts will be
limited
to 8 (IEEE Proceedings style) pages and REQUIRED to be formatted using the
IEEE
Proceedings template. Submitted Work-in-Progress track manuscripts will be
limited
to 2 (IEEE Proceedings style) pages. Unformatted papers and papers beyond
the page
limit will not be reviewed. Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF
or Word
format) is required. Detailed instructions for electronic paper
preparation and
submission, panel proposals, tutorial proposals, workshop proposals, and
review
process can be found at conference site.

At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the
conference
and present the paper. One Best Paper award and one Best Student Paper
award will be
granted at MS 2014. The first author of the best student paper must be a
full-time
student.

If your paper is application or solution oriented, you can consider
submitting it to
MS 2014 Industry Track. Manuscripts submitted to the Research Track
focusing on
application or solution descriptions may be recommended to the
Applications and
Industry Track for further consideration if the session slots are available.
Important Dates:

8 pages (IEEE Proceedings style)
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 15, 2014
Full Paper Submission Due Date: March 15, 2014
Decision Notification (Electronic): April 15, 2014
Camera-Ready Copy Due Date & Pre-registration Due: April 20, 2014