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<div>The 2013 International Workshop on Mobile Computing in the Clouds (MobiCloud 2013) held in conjunction with The 9th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2013) </div>
<div>Dalian, China</div>
<div>December 11-13, 2013</div>
<div>http://anss.org.au/mobicloud2013/</div>
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<div>INTRODUCTION</div>
<div>With the proliferation of mobile techniques, mobile computing is playing increasing role in our contemporary society. Meanwhile, cloud computing has been experiencing phenomenal growth in last few years. Together with the widespread of the mobile technology
and emerging of cloud computing concept, mobile cloud computing has been introduced to be a potential technology with a bright future.</div>
<div>In order to promote the development of mobile cloud computing, this workshop provides a platform for researchers, developers, teams and organisations in current mobile cloud computing from academia, industry and service providers to share their ideas,
experiences and practical implementations related to new mobile cloud technologies and applications. We encourage papers that propose new research directions or challenge the existing solutions at the workshop. All the accepted papers will be published in
the main conference proceeding.</div>
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<div>TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO</div>
<div>MobiCloud 2013 focuses on the techniques, methodologies, algorithms, models, applications in the areas of mobile cloud computing. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:</div>
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<div>Mobile cloud architecture</div>
<div>System design for mobile cloud</div>
<div>Software and Applications in mobile cloud</div>
<div>The performance evaluation and measurement of mobile cloud services</div>
<div>Routing/Energy/Resources Optimization design in mobile cloud environment</div>
<div>Quality of Service (QoS) studies</div>
<div>Security and privacy protection</div>
<div>Cloud data and information management for service providers and users</div>
<div>Information sharing and forwarding</div>
<div>Social metric analysis in mobile cloud</div>
<div>Multimedia services, advertisements, games, and entertainments in mobile cloud</div>
<div>Mobile cloud service and pricing model</div>
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<div>IMPORTANT DATE<br>
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<div>Paper Submission Deadline: October 10, 2013</div>
<div>Author Notification: October 31, 2013</div>
<div>Final Manuscript Due: November 15, 2013</div>
<div>Symposium Dates: December 11-13, 2013</div>
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<div>SUBMISSION GUIDELINES</div>
<div>Please submit your paper using the EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mobicloud2013). Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference
with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 6 pages including the bibliography and well-marked appendices. Papers should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in
single column and single spaced free style, with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation.</div>
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<div>PROGRAM COMMITEE</div>
<div>Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK</div>
<div>Jun Zhang, Deakin University, Australia</div>
<div>Kaigui Bian, Peking University, China</div>
<div>Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada</div>
<div>Marco D. Santambrogio, MIT, USA</div>
<div>Ming Li, Deakin University, Australia</div>
<div>Robin Doss, Deakin University, Australia</div>
<div>Rafael Tolosana, University of Zaragoza, Spain</div>
<div>Shui Yu, Deakin University, Australia</div>
<div>Wolfgang Reif, University of Augsburg, Germany</div>
<div>Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia</div>
<div>Zonghua Gu, Zhejiang University, China</div>
<div>Zhijie Li, Deakin University, Australia</div>
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<div>CONTACT</div>
<div>Please email inquiries concerning MobiCloud 2013 to:</div>
<div>Dr. Ming Li (ming DOT li AT deakin DOT edu DOT au)</div>
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