Call for PapersLocation: Sydney, Australia (Venue: To be advised)Date: Dec 4-5, 2010
Website: www.icpcm.org
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The 3nd  International Congress on Pervasive Computing and Management 2009 Congress Committee invites submissions of papers across 13 tracks. Types of submissions possible are complete research papers, papers from industry, research based case studies, and industry practice based case studies and research-in-progress papers.

Objective of the Congress:

The 2nd International Congress on Pervasive Computing and Management is to serve as a forum for researchers, industry professionals, academics, practitioners, students, policy makers and other directly or indirectly related to pervasive computing environment and management.   The Congress aims at fulfilling the need to provide a common platform for participants from diverse areas to enable them to understand and develop multi-functional and inter-disciplinary synergies. Pervasive computing environment is offering innovative applications for almost all types of activities in organisations and society including scientific research, production, quality control, business integration, service delivery, inventory control, education and learning, agriculture, health services, and more…..

Congress Sessions and Themes:

The ICPCM 2010 Program committee invites submissions in the following tracks:

Theme 1: Technology and infrastructure

• Approaches to Applications development
• Mobile and Ubiquitous devices and pervasive environment
• Application design
• Data mining
• E-Business
• E-Learning
• Semantic Web
• Distributed Knowledge Management
• Technology and Platform analysis
• Global Pervasive computing issues
• Emerging trends
• Other related topics

Theme 2: Human-computer interaction

• Global Pervasive computing issues
• Trends in  HCI techniques
• Usability evaluation
• Personalisation of interfaces
• Interface designs for pervasive technologies
• Aesthetics and emotions in computing
• Online and Pervasive communities
• Interface design implications
• Human psychology and social aspects of  computing and applications
• Other related topics

Theme 3: Applications and services

• Education and training
• Entertainment
• Shopping
• Work
• Innovative advertising
• Customer Relationship Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Health services
• Business intelligence
• Other related applications and services

Theme 4: Business Models and structures

• Emerging business models
• Changing Industry structures
• Organisation structures
• Job structures
• Transaction Processing
• Effect on different functional areas like Marketing, accounting etc.
• Other related topics

Theme 5:  Pervasive computing in scientific research and production

• Bio-informatics
• Genetics
• Micro-biology
• Agriculture sciences
• Health sciences
• Engineering
• Animal sciences
• Soil sciences
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Other areas

Theme 6: Assistive technology for independent living and healthcare

• smart homes and buildings
• domotics
• wearable computing
• pervasive computing in home
• personal environments for independent living and health care

Theme 7: Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management

• Pervasive business intelligence
• Data interpretation tools
• Data mining
• Performance management tools
• Data integration tools
• Designing and delivering rich reports at different levels
• Knowledge management
• Other related topics

Theme 8: Marketing and Advertising

• Innovative marketing and advertising approaches
• Value driven marketing
• Measurement of Marketing effectiveness
• Pervasive services
• Brand management in online and pervasive environment
• Online presence
• Measurement of effectiveness of new mobile media, the web and digital marketing
• Measuring Effectiveness of new- mobile media, the Web and Digital Marketing

Theme 9: Privacy, security, Integrity, ethics and Legal issues

• Privacy in ubiquitous environment
• Security of resources
• Development of secure systems
• Corporate fraud
• Corporate secrecy
• Contemporary cultural, social, political and legal aspects
• Importance of data integrity
• Computer crime

Theme 10: Management

• Theory and Practice
• Technology Management
• Technology Transfer
• Change management
• Marketing Management
• Financial Management
• Human resource management
• Knowledge management

Theme 11: Topics not covered in other tracks like

• Project management
• Auditing
• Feasibility study
• Intellectual property
• Business process re-engineering
• E-business
• Quality management
• Operations management
• Technology transfer
• E-governance
• Small-medium enterprises
• Home-based industry
• Other topics

Theme 12: Pervasive Healthcare

• Current pervasive healthcare research and services
• Sensor networks and devices in healthcare
• Diagnosis using sensor data mining, knowledge creation, usage and sharing
• Pervasive healthcare solutions and technology gaps
• Emerging zoonoses
• Human computer interaction issues
• Psychological and social aspects of pervasive healthcare
• Cost, insurance and financial issues in pervasive healthcare
• Pervasive healthcare management
• Methodologies to assess usability and study the short term and long term impact of pervasive healthcare.
• Strategies to ensure smooth integration of technology and change adoption
• Patients care, safety, health risks, privacy, and choice
• Legal issues in Healthcare
• Role of other fields like natural language processing, cognitive behavioral therapy and intelligent tutoring systems, etc

Theme 13: Workshop on “Academic Writing and Research Skills"

• Academic writing styles
• Importance of Citation in academic writing
• Enhancing Creativity and innovation in research writing Methods.
• Writing research papers/theses/dissertations
• Research methods
• Comparing various citation methods
• Avoiding Plagiarism

General Submission Guidelines

• English is the official language for ICPCM 2009
• Please send the paper in the following format.

For headings- 12-14 font size
For normal text- 10 font size
For Tables -8-10 font size

• 7000 Words is the maximum word limit for all submissions.
• Only original papers, which have not been published or accepted in a journal or Congress proceedings, nor presented at another Congress, should be submitted to ICPCM 2010.Also papers which are currently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere, must not be submitted to ICPCM 2010.
• Double-blind review process will be followed by ICPCM 2010 for acceptance of papers.
• Submit all the papers and case studies to the Paper review coordinator by ONLINE SUBMISSION or by email at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .auThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Registration. At least one author of every accepted submission must register for the Congress by Oct 20, 2010.

Paper Format:

Use Arial
For headings- 12-14 font size
For normal text- 10 font size
For Tables -8-10 font size

Please submit all your papers with limit of Maximum 7000 words and adhere to the following section divisions and guidelines when preparing your paper:

• Abstract:Your paper should include an abstract, consisting of 100-150 words.
• Keywords:Write 5-7 keywords
• Introduction:Describe the general perspective of this paper. Toward the end, specifically state the objectives of the paper.
• Background:Provide broad definitions and discussions of the topic and incorporate views of others (literature review) into the discussion to support, refute or demonstrate your position on the topic.
• Main Thrust of the Paper

1. Discuss findings, Implications, Controversies and Problems. Compare and contrast different issues related to the topic.
2. Analyse your findings and give recommendations

• Conclusion:This section should include important finding, recommendations and concluding remarks.
• References:Authors must follow APA (American Psychological Association) style for the references.

Submission Schedule