[Mycolleagues] WMCS09 CFP - The 5th International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services (Qingdao, China)

*-------------------------------------  Call for Papers --------------------------------* The 5th International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services (WMCS2009) http:/www.engr.sjsu.edu/wmcs/   in cooperation with The 3rd International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE 2009) http://grid.hust.edu.cn/mue09/ June 4-6, 2009, Qingdao, China Important Dates: -Release of Workshop Call for Paper: November 30, 2008 -Workshop Submission Deadline:       January 31, 2008 -Workshop Author Notification:        March 10, 2009 -Workshop Camera-ready:                  March 30, 2009 - MUE2009 and WMCS2009:            June 4-6, 2009   Workshop Theme:   The wide deployment of wireless networks and mobile technologies and the significant increase in the number of mobile device users have created a very strong demand for emerging mobile commerce applications and services based on today's wireless network technologies. This trend has provided many new business opportunities and challenges to e-commerce vendors, mobile service providers, mobile content publishers and marketplaces, mobile technology providers and solution integrators. Living in a wireless world changes and enhances people's life in many ways, such as communications, information sharing and learning, e-commerce and mobile application services. At the same time, businesses and government agencies are confronted with new pressure for technology update, that is, how to provide customers and users with reliable and secure mobile commerce applications and efficient and user-friendly mobile services.   To meet this increasing demand on mobile commerce and mobile services, people are looking for innovative ideas to create next generation mobile-commerce applications and service systems. Mobile commerce and services has become a very hot research subject in both business and research communities. The major theme of this workshop is to study new business models, emerging mobile technology, and engineering methods to build the next generation of mobile commerce service systems supporting mobile users anywhere at anytime. Goals: The 5th International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services (WMCS2009) is a forum to bring together business people, researchers, scientists, software architects, and industry professionals to discuss innovative ideas and diverse topics on next generation of mobile-commerce and services. Using this forum, researchers and practitioners can exchange issues, challenges, new business models and structures, and new technologies and solutions. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit original and research papers addressing business and technical issues, challenges, solutions, and technologies in building wireless-based software systems and applications.   All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the members of the international program committee. Accepted paper will be included in the MUE 2009 workshop proceedings (EI-Indexing) published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Topics of Interest Include But Are Not Limited to the Following:   The topics of interest for WMCS2009 include, but are not limited to, the following:   (1) M-commerce business:   - M-commerce business models, processes, strategies, and market structure analysis - Mobile supply chain management - Pricing and cost analysis of M-commerce services - Case studies in M-commerce and information services   (2) Mobile enabled and wireless Internet technologies:   - Mobile computing models, technologies and solutions - "Mobile 2.0" and/or Mobile Web 2.0 Technology Extension - Context-aware and location-based technologies and solutions for M-commerce - Enabling technologies (such as RFID, Barcodes) for M-commerce and services - Mobile agent, workflow models, and supporting technologies in M-commerce - New wireless multimedia technologies and platforms. e.g. DMB, DVB-H, mobile TV - Mobile enabled architectures, middleware, components, and agent technologies - Mobile security problems, technologies, solutions and privacy - Mobile database retrieval techniques, transaction models and caching techniques - New mobile client design, architectures, and interaction methods for mobile devices   (3) Innovative wireless (or wireless Internet) based applications:   - "Mobile 2.0" and/or Mobile Web 2.0 based applications and experience - Mobile-based e-learning and education environments - Mobile service middleware and platforms for mobile commerce - Mobile advertising solutions, techniques, systems and platforms - Mobile payment protocols, solutions, service systems and platforms - New mobile portals, mobile-based social networks, and marketplaces - Ambient intelligent frameworks, platforms, and systems - Ubiquitous computing platform and services for mobile users - P2P mobile systems and applications  - New mobile enterprise systems and applications - Mobile digital home environment and intelligence - Deployment, experience and lesson learned reports in M-commerce and services   (4) Mobile services: - Semantic web and services for M-commerce - Mobile instant messaging systems and services - Mobility discovery, management, and services - Mobile brokerage, management, and service mechanisms - Mobile entertainment services and platforms for digital music, videos, tickets, and games - Deployment, experience and lesson learned reports in M-commerce and services - Mobile personalization, mobile service management, and natural language support Submission: Original papers that are not published previously or under review by other journals or conferences will be considered. All submitted papers will be evaluated according to their originality, significance, correctness, presentation and relevance.   The authors should prepare their final paper according to the instructions in this web page. All papers should be submitted to the conference system for WMCS09 at: http://grid.hust.edu.cn/mue09/WMCS09/.   Manuscripts will be limited to 6-8 pages following IEEE conference proceedings style, format, and guidelines. Papers that present novel ideas, criticize existing work, and discuss practical studies and experiments are especially encouraged.   Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings (EI-Index) of the 3rd International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE 2009) to be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must register as a full participant of the workshop to have the paper published in the proceedings. Workshop Organization: Workshop Co-Chairs: Jerry Gao      San Jose State University, USA  Jingsha He    Beijing University of Technology, China   Workshop Program Co-Chairs: Hsing Mei     Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan Steering Committee (in alphabetical order): Jerry Gao,          San Jose State University, USA Jingsha He,        Beijing University of Technology, China Axel Kupper,     Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany Volker Gruhn,    University Leipzig, Germany Keung Hae Lee, Korea Aerospace University, Korea Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany Hsing Mei,          Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan   Program Committee (in alphabetical order): Matthias Book,     University Leipzig, Germany Donggang Cao,     Peking University, China Narciso Cerpa,      University of Talca, Chile Lee Chang,            San Jose State University, USA Volker Gruhn,       University Leipzig, Germany Shi-Jinn Horng,     National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Chien-Chang Hsu, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan Chih-Lin Hu,         National Central University, Taiwan Zhangqin Huang,   Beijing University of Technology, China Gu-min Jeong,        Kookmin University, Korea Axel Kupper,          Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany Kyung-Chang Kim,Hongik University, Korea Guanling Lee,         National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Yao-Nan Lien,        National Chengchi University, Taiwan  Guorui Li,               Beijing University of Technology, China Katina Michael,      University of Wollongong, Australia Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany George Roussos,    Bikbeck College, UK Timothy K. Shih,   National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan Junho Shim,           Sookmyung Women's University, Korea Maoqiang Song,     Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Xiao Su,                 San Jose State University, USA Chuangbai Xiao,    Beijing University of Technology, China Qianxiang Wang,   Peking University, China       Ron Vetter,            UNC Wilmington, USA Yong Ik Yoon,      Sookmyung Women's University, Korea Wider Yu,             San Jose State University, USA Jianghua Zheng,    Xinjiang University, China General Inquires: For further information on WMCS2009, please contact the workshop co-chairs at jerrygao@email.sjsu.edu or jhe@bjut.edu.cn.