----------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS - RTCSA 2011 Paper Submission Extended Deadline: Apr 22, 2011, 12:00 (noon) GMT+9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The 17th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications August 28 to 31, 2011 Toyama, Japan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference web site: http://www.rtcsa.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- INFORMATION FROM JAPAN AND ORGANIZERS: About the conference, although there are a lot of disaster reports on TV, internet, and radio, Toyama where the conference will be held is 300 miles from the accident location, which is 10 times the radius of danger zone, and Toyama is not at all affected by the earthquake or nuclear leaks. Moreover, since the conference will be held in August, we will have enough time to allow recovery actions and to make sure that it is safe to visit Japan. So please do not worry about visiting the conference. You can check the environmental radioactivity levels in Japan from the following URLs: - http://www.mext.go.jp/english/radioactivity_level/detail/1303986.htm - http://mextrad.blob.core.windows.net/page/16_Toyama_en.html There, however, can be special circumstances where you cannot attend the conference because of the orders from your countries, companies, or institutions although your papers were accepted. In that case, we will investigate possibilities for you to give presentations by video presentations and/or Skype. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Embedded software has become a necessity in almost every aspect of the daily lives of individuals and organizations, from self-contained applications to those embedded in various devices and services (mobile phones, vital sign sensors, medication dispensers, home appliances, engine ignition systems, etc). A large proportion of these systems are mission/life critical and performance sensitive. The 17th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2011) will bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry for advancing the technology of embedded and real-time systems, and ubiquitous computing applications. The conference has the following goals: to investigate advances in embedded and real-time systems and ubiquitous computing applications; to promote interaction among the areas of embedded computing, real-time computing and ubiquitous computing; to evaluate the maturity and directions of embedded and real-time system and ubiquitous computing technology. RTCSA 2011 invites submissions of papers presenting a high quality original research and development for the conference tracks: (1) Embedded Systems, (2) Real-time Systems, and (3) Ubiquitous Computing. SCOPES: Following the tradition of RTCSA, the conference has three tracks: embedded systems, real-time systems, and ubiquitous computing. The interested topics include: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS TRACK (favors papers presenting practical aspects, experimentation results, and industrial experiences of the following topics): - Software design and debugging for heterogeneous multi-core embedded platform - Multi-thread programming for multi-core embedded platform - System integration/collaboration for systems of embedded systems - Operating systems and scheduling - System-on-chip design - HW/SW co-design - Power/thermal-aware design issues - Embedded multimedia applications - Embedded system design practices - Networks-on-chip design - Embedded system architecture - Design optimization (memory, performance etc.) REAL-TIME SYSTEMS TRACK: - Real-time operating systems - Real-time scheduling - Timing analysis - Databases - Programming languages and run-time systems - Middleware systems - Design and analysis tools - Communication networks and protocols - Case studies and applications - Media processing and transmissions - Real-time aspects of Wireless sensor networks - Energy aware real-time methods UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING/CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS TRACK: - Real-time issues in ubiquitous computing and cyber-physical systems - Tools, infrastructures and architectures for ubiquitous computing and cyber-physical systems - Devices and enabling technologies for ubiquitous computing and cyber-physical systems - Design and verification methodologies for cyber-physical systems - Applications of wireless sensor networks - Ubiquitous computing applications - Cyber-physical systems applications - User interfaces and interaction design issues for ubiquitous computing - Privacy and security issues and implications of ubiquitous computing - Location-dependent and context-aware computing - Evaluation methods for ubiquitous computing devices, systems, and applications ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPER SUBMISSIONS: The submitted manuscript must describe original work not previously published and not concurrently submitted elsewhere. Submissions should be no more than 10 pages in IEEE conference proceedings format (two-column, single-space, 10pt). The prospective authors should submit their papers on RTCSA 2011 paper submission site: http://www.rtcsa.org (in preparation for now) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission: Apr 22, 2011, 12:00 (noon) GMT+9 Acceptance Notification: May 30, 2011 Camera Ready Submission: June 10, 2011 Early Registration Deadline: June 24, 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Steering Committee: Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda University, Japan (Chair) Tei-Wei Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Joseph K. Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, China Hide Tokuda, Keio University, Japan Seongsoo Hong Seoul National University, Korea Jörgen Hansson, Chalmers University, Sweden Sang H. Son, University of Virginia, USA General Co-Chairs: Hide Tokuda, Keio University, Japan Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh, USA Program Co-Chairs: Embedded Systems: Shuichi Oikawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan Real-Time Systems: Neil Audsley, University of York, UK Ubiquitous Comp/Cyber-Physical Systems: Chang-Gun Lee, Seoul National University, Korea Financial Chair: Kaori Fujinami, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan Local Arrangement Chair: Takeshi Iwamoto, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan Publication Chair: Hiroyuki Tomiyama, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Web Chair: Toshiaki Aoki, JAIST, Japan Publicity Co-Chairs: Enrico Bini, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy (Europe) Zonghua Gu, Zhejiang University, China (Asia) Shinpei Kato, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (USA)