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------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Symposium on Mobile Computing http://www.csee.umbc.edu/%7Eyounis/WC_MobCom05.htm as part of IEEE WirelessCom 2005 Sheraton Maui Resort, Kaanapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA http://www.ece.queensu.ca/hpages/faculty/safwat/wirelesscom/05/ June 13-16, 2005 Technical Sponsorship: IEEE TCCC, TCPC, and SSCTC

Recent years have witnessed an enormous growth in the development and applications of mobile computing environments and devices. Many practitioners envision a future empowered with context and location aware computation and communication infrastructure that allow users to access data and receive service at any place and any time. Compared to conventional platforms, the mobility of computing nodes introduces many challenges to the design of almost all systems components.

This symposium will foster a forum for discussing and presenting recent research results on mobile computer systems. Original papers are invited in the broader area of mobile computing. Papers must report high-quality and previously unpublished work. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Architecture and infrastructure support - Middleware and operating systems services - Development platforms and environments - Adaptive resource management schemes - Pervasive and Context-aware Computing - Performance metrics and studies - Power aware computation and communication - Data consistency and synchronization protocols - Fault-tolerant architectural and operation models - Wearable computing devices and systems - Time constrained mobile systems - Robust ad-hoc networking techniques - Efficient localization techniques - Wireless sensor networks - Mobile peer to peer systems - Quality of service provisioning - Context-conscious computing - Web caching and services - Emerging applications and systems - Mobile agents - Mobile commerce - Security and privacy issues

Submission Guidelines --------------------- Prospective authors should submit their paper electronically to younis@csee.umbc.edu. All papers are limited to 6 pages in MS-Word, PS or PDF using standard IEEE double-column format. The first page should include title, authors' contact information, an abstract and five keywords. Authors should attach the paper abstract to their message.

Important Dates --------------- Paper Submission Deadline: March 15, 2005 Notification of Acceptance: April 15, 2005 Camera-Ready Papers: May 1, 2005

Symposium Co-Chairs ------------------- Mohamed Younis Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland Baltimore County, E-mail: younis@csee.umbc.edu

Hesham El-Rewini Department of Computer Science and Engineering Southern Methodist University E-mail: rewini@engr.smu.edu

Publicity Chair ---------------- Moustafa Youssef Department of Computer Science University of Maryland at College Park, E-mail: moustafa@cs.umd.edu