[Mycolleagues] WMCS09 - Submission deadline is extended to 2/15/09. - The Fifth International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services in Qingdao, China, Summer, 2009

*-------------------------------------  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, 2009 (Extended to Feb. 15, 2009)
-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 URL link of MUE 2009 workshop author kit is  http://www.ieeeconfpublishing.org/.

 

The authors should prepare their final paper according to the instructions in this web

page. Manuscripts will be limited to 6-8 pages following IEEE conference proceedings

style 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.