[Tccc] IEEE MDM 2012 - CFPs for PhD Colloquium, Advanced seminar, Demos, Industry track papers

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Below are CFPs for PhD Colloquium, Advanced seminar, Demos, Industry track
papers of IEEE MDM 2012.

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1. PhD Colloquium in conjunction with MDM 2012

The PhD Colloquium, which will be held in conjunction with MDM 2012,
specifically
targets PhD students and candidates, who are hereby invited to present and
discuss
their preliminary results or work-in-progress, in an internationally
renowned
audience of researchers and developers. The PhD Colloquium has the same
topics of
interest as the main MDM 2012 conference.

The main objective of the MDM 2012 PhD colloquium is to offer an
opportunity to
the PhD students to receive high-quality feedback from external reviewers
and to
directly interact with peers, exchange ideas, discuss concepts, and
establish
(in)formal cooperation with various research groups. PhD students and
candidates
at all stages are welcome to submit a thesis-position paper, but preference
will
be given to students in the earlier stages of their PhD work. Participants
will
be expected to give short and informal presentations of their work during
the
Colloquium, to be followed by a panel-like discussion. The submitted paper
should clearly state:
+ The original key idea / hypothesis of the thesis
+ The problem domain and the specific problem addressed
+ An overview of related work in the area of the PhD work
+ Methodological approach
+ Research carried out
+ The expected contributions (in line with the field of MDM)

Submission and Review Process:

Submissions should be at most 4 pages long and follow the IEEE camera-ready
format
used for the main MDM conference papers. More information and links to
templates
can be found from the MDM 2012 web page (i.e.,
http://mdmconferences.org/mdm2012/node/13).
Submissions in PDF are to be submitted to the PhD track at the conference
submission site
(https://cmt2.research.microsoft.com/MDM2012/Default.aspx).

Since this is expected to be a work conducted by the PhD students, we only
request that:

1. The first author is a PhD student who is mainly responsible for
conducting the
  research on the respective topic.

2. Names of the authors are preceded by: Student: and, where applicable,
Advisor:

The colloquium chairs will arrange the selection of the accepted papers
using a peer
review process. The accepted thesis position papers will be published in
the Volume II
of the MDM 2012 proceedings, and at least one of the main authors is
expected to register
for the conference and present the work at the corresponding session. The
colloquium
participants will pay the normal student registration fee.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers:............February 27, 2012 (5:00pm PDT)
Acceptance notification:.........March 11, 2012
Camera-ready paper submission:...April 21, 2012


PhD Colloquium Co-Chairs:

Anirban Mondal, IIIT Delhi, India, Email: anirban at iiitd.ac.in
Yongluan Zhou, University of Southern Denmark, Email: zhou at imada.sdu.dk

Programme Committee:

Sanjay Kumar Madria (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)
Goce Trajcevski (Northwestern University, USA)
Umesh Bellur (IIT Bombay, India)
Yu Cao (EMC)
Biswajit Panja (University of Michigan-Flint)
Torben Bach Pedersen (Aalborg University)
Yongkun Wang (Rakuten Inc., Japan)
Xuan Zhou (Renmin University of China)

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2. Call for Advanced Seminars

The MDM series of conferences, since its debut in December 1999, has
established itself as a prestigious forum for exchanging innovative and
significant research results pertaining to various issues in Mobile Data
Management. The term mobile in MDM has been used from the very beginning to
encompass many different application domains in which the mobility aspect
is among the key ingredients ??? from problems related to effective use and
communication management of various wireless and portable devices, to
efficient management of spatio-temporal queries and events detection. The
MDM conference provides unique opportunities for researchers, engineers,
practitioners and developers to familiarize themselves with new ideas,
techniques and tools, as well as to exchange different experiences.

The remarkable advancements in portable and mobile computing devices and
the development of myriad of sophisticated sensors are changing the way we
interact with our environment. This has led to an unprecedented explosion
in the generation of mobile data. While skillful management and analysis of
such data may enable countless attractive services and novel applications,
it imposes formidable challenges as well. New technologies such as mobile
cloud computing, crowdsourcing and next generation wireless networks are
but few examples of recent developments which are both addressing some of
the existing challenges in mobile data management and analytics, and
bringing about novel ones.

The 2012 International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM 2012), to
be held in Bangalore, India (July 23-26, 2012), solicits Advanced Seminars
that would present experiences with, and a vision of, such emerging
technologies and address different dimensions of the ever-changing space of
mobile data management in the years to come ??? based on valid research on
mobile technology, business or community aspects.

Examples of Possible Topics (Note: the list is just indicative and by no
means exhaustive)
+ Mobile devices and data analytics
+ Mobile crowdsourcing
+ Mobile cloud computing
+ Ubiquitous computing: Are we there already?
+ Body networking and mobile computing
+ Green mobility/Mobile data for green computing
+ The future of context-aware services?

Formatting and Submission Guidelines:
An advanced seminar will be part of the main conference program occupying
one or two full sessions (1.5/3 hours). The planned length should be
indicated in the proposal. We plan to include into the conference program
up to three advanced seminars. The scientific and technical level of the
materials used in the presentation should be balance the breadth and the
depth in a manner that will enable an average conference participant to
understand the main topics without larger effort.

The proposal for an advanced seminar should be submitted as a PDF document
and should contain the following information:
+ Title of the intended seminar
+ Names and affiliations of the persons proposing the seminar
+ Duration of the seminar
+ Up to 4 pages of an extended abstract describing the main topic(s) to be
presented at the seminar, along with motivation, background, and tentative
outline of the major identifiable (sub)units in the presentation
+ Description of what possible special ICT infrastructure may be needed to
run the seminar, along with other requirements.

The submissions must be sent as an email-attachment (pdf) to both Advanced
Seminar Chairs:
Goce Trajcevski (goce at eecs.northwestern.edu) and Nilanjan Banerjee (
nilanjba at in.ibm.com).

Both chairs are available to answer questions concerning the Advanced
Seminars. Note that the final document of an accepted seminar must be
compiled into a one page abstract, which will be included into the
proceedings (Vol. 2) of the MDM 2012 conference. The abstracts must adhere
to the general formatting guidelines of the proceedings (
http://mdmconferences.org/mdm2012/node/13). At least one of the authors of
an accepted proposal will be required to register for (and present at) the
conference.

Important Dates:
Submission of Proposals: February 27, 2012
Acceptance notification: March 15, 2012
Final Abstract due: March 30, 2012
Seminar:  July 23-26, 2012

MDM Advanced Seminar Co-chairs:
Goce Trajcevski (Northwestern University, USA)
Nilanjan Banerjee (IBM Research, India)

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3. Call for Demos

The 13th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM
2012), to be held in Bangalore, India (July 23-26, 2012) solicits
interesting demonstrations of original research prototypes related to all
aspects of mobile data management. This demo session has been introduced
this year to strengthen the interactions between researchers and
practitioners. It offers an exciting opportunity for participants to
demonstrate their state-of-the-art results to a wide audience of
professionals in the area of mobile, ubiquitous, and pervasive computing.

The demo program provides a highly interactive environment where
participants can demonstrate innovative research prototypes and receive
feedback from the experts on their applicability in the real world as well
as the inputs from researchers to improvise the
same.

Demonstrations of advanced implementations and innovative prototypes
covering any of the research areas relevant to the MDM conference are
encouraged for submission. Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to the following:
+ Context and Location-aware services
+ Mobile Analytics solutions
+ Multi-device mobile interactions
+ Novel mobile applications
+ Augmented reality systems
+ Rich query interfaces
+ Mobile databases, systems, services and middleware
+ Pervasive data management and middleware
+ Data mining solutions for mobile networks
+ Transactions and workflows in mobile environments
+ People-centric mobile sensing networks and smart urban spaces
+ Mobile social applications and services

Demo proposals should clearly describe what will be demonstrated and how
the contributions will be illustrated interactively. They should describe
the design, implementation, and use of the systems. It is highly
recommended to include in the proposals a URL that shows a preview of the
demo (e.g., on-line video of the demo, screenshots, etc.).

Submission Instructions:
All submitted demo proposals must be formatted according to IEEE
camera-ready format (
http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/con...)
and must be no longer than four (4) pages. This page limit includes paper
title, authors and affiliation, abstract, body, screenshots, and
bibliography. Accepted demo proposals will appear in the final MDM 2012
proceedings.

Submissions in PDF should be uploaded to the conference submission website
at: https://cmt2.research.microsoft.com/MDM2012/Default.aspx under the demo
track.

Demo proposals will be selected based on (i) the novelty and originality of
the demo and the underlying research, (ii) the technical quality of the
proposed implementation, and (iii) the breadth of the applicability and
attractiveness. The industrial potential of the demonstrated system may
also be considered. Authors may submit a proposal to both to the demo and
industrial session. Please note that at least one author of each accepted
demo presentation must register for the conference and present the demo.

Important Dates:
Submission of demo proposals: March 05, 2012
Acceptance notification: March 26, 2012
Camera-ready paper submission: April 21, 2012
Conference Dates: July 23-26, 2012

Demo chairs:
Vana Kalogeraki (AUEB, Greece)
Geetha Manjunath (HP Labs, India)

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4. Call for Industry track Papers

The 2012 International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM 2012), to
be held in Bangalore, India (July 23-26, 2012) solicits innovative
industrial experience papers related to data management in ubiquitous,
mobile, cloud and social computing.

Since the first conference was organized, the amount of mobile data
available has exploded, and the use of it has changed significantly. Data
from mobile users, even when anonymized, is a significant strategic asset
to companies. At the same time, legislation and user expectations raise
significant hurdles to the use of the data, which must be met.

The industrial session will focus on the use of data management in mobile
systems, such as the use of Hadoop, MapReduce, and other advanced database
techniques for data mining; applications of data mining such as movement
and demographic tracing; user, business and legal requirements for
anonymization and privacy of mobile data and how to reconcile conflicting
requirements; tools and techniques for crawling, processing, visualization
and analysis of mobile datasets, and data management issues related to
emerging mobile applications like crowdsourcing.

Conference Topics:
+ Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
+ Adaptability and stability of pervasive computing systems
+ Augmented reality systems, data issues
+ Context-aware computing and location-based services
+ Cultural data issues and management in developing countries like India
and China
+ Data management in sensor and mobile ad hoc networks
+ Data management in mobile peer-to-peer networks
+ Data management in the mobile cloud
+ Data mining for mobile and social networking
+ Data replication, migration and dissemination in mobile environments
+ Data stream processing in mobile/sensor networks
+ Emerging mobile computing models/services like crowdsourcing
+ Human-centric activity recognition
+ Indexing, query processing and optimization for mobile users
+ Location and trajectory data management
+ Mobile semantic data management
+ Managing pervasive data, sensor data streams and user devices
+ Management of community sensing/participatory sensing data
+ Management of real-time data in converged networks
+ Mobile social applications and services
+ OS and middleware for mobile and pervasive computing
+ People-centric mobile sensing networks and smart urban spaces
+ Resource advertising and discovery techniques
+ Real-world data from field trials and user studies
+ Security and privacy issues for ubiquitous systems
+ Transactions and workflows in mobile environments

Submission Instructions:
Papers should be submitted to industry track chairs directly via email
addresses provided below. Submitted papers must be formatted according to
the IEEE camera-ready format (
http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/pubservices/confpub/AuthorTools/con...)
and should be no longer than six pages. This page limit includes paper
title, authors and affiliation, abstract, body, figures, and bibliography.

Authors are encouraged to consider simultaneous submissions to the demo
track, where a separate CFP has been sent out. See the conference web site (
http://mdmconferences.org/mdm2012/) for more information.

Important Dates:
Paper submission: February 27, 2012
Acceptance notification: March 15, 2012
Camera-ready paper submission: April 21, 2012

MDM Industry track Co-Chairs:
Koustuv Dasgupta, Xerox Research, India.
Alvin Chin, Nokia Research, China.

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