KALEIDOSCOPE 2011 - ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2011

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Category KALEIDOSCOPE 2011

Deadline: May 15, 2011 | Date: December 20, 2011-December 22, 2011

Venue/Country: South Africa, South Africa

Updated: 2011-01-08 22:30:33 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

future networks and services - is the fourth in a series of

peer-reviewed academic conferences organized by ITU-T that bring

together a wide range of views from universities, industry and

research institutions. The aim of Kaleidoscope conferences is to

identify Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for which

the development of standards can turn innovations into successful

products and services.

The merger of the real world and the digital world can generate

enormous improvements in our daily lives, but also raises some

legitimate concerns. Ever smaller and smarter sensors proliferate,

wireless networks are omnipresent, smart phones are abundant. Future

devices will not only be able to measure everything from users'

whereabouts to their physical well-being but also to control just

about anything from a distance.

ICT has the potential to greatly improve the life of persons with

disabilities by enhancing their access to communications. Through

implanted sensors, e-health applications will support senior citizens

communicating automatically their medical data to care providers... but

what if the information falls into the wrong hands? Modern heating

systems at home would be programmed, via hands-free devices, while

driving to work... but what happens if this is done via a text message

distracting the driver? How can we make increasingly complex devices

user-friendly?

The design architecture of future ICTs, as well as the services and

applications that arise, will have a significant impact on individuals

and on human existence, ranging from cognitive functioning, health,

security to national economic development and, more generally, the

society of the future. Technology should be designed to benefit

humans, not the other way around. Human-centric ICTs must be promoted

in research and development circles.

The fully networked human? - Innovations for future networks and

services - is calling for original, academic, technical papers

offering innovative and bold approaches to foster the research and

development of human-centric ICTs as we move towards future networks

and services.

Audience:

ITU-T Kaleidoscope 2011 is targeted at all specialists with a role in

the field including researchers, academics, students, engineers,

regulators, top decision-makers and thinkers from all over the world

who look into the future.

Date and venue:

December 2011, South Africa

Submission of papers:

Prospective authors, from countries that are members of ITU, are

invited to submit complete, original papers with a maximum length of

4500 words within eight pages including summary and references, using

the template available on the event website. All papers will be

reviewed through a double-blind, peer-review process and handled

electronically; see http://itu-kaleidoscope.org/2011 for the online

submission (EDAS). The deadlines for paper submission are highlighted

below.

Deadlines:

Submission of full paper proposals: 15 May 2011

Notification of paper acceptance: 30 July 2011

Submission of camera-ready accepted papers: 10 September 2011

Publication and presentation

Accepted papers will be presented during the event, published in the

proceedings and made available through the IEEE Xplore. The best

papers will be invited for evaluation for potential publication in the

IEEE Communications Magazine.

Awards:

Awards of USD 5k, 3k and 2k will be granted to selected best papers,

as judged by the organizing and programme committees. In addition,

young authors presenting accepted papers will also receive a Young

Author Recognition certificate.

General Chair:

Mostafa Hashem Sherif (AT&T, US)

Organizing Committee (provisional)

Chairman: Mostafa Hashem Sherif (AT&T, US)

Tohru Asami (University of Tokyo, JP)

Mitsuji Matsumoto (Waseda University, JP)

Yushi Naito (ITU-T; Mitsubishi Electric, JP)

Ramjee Prasad (Aalborg University, DK)

Felipe Rudge Barbosa (Unicamp, BR)

Helmut Schink (ITU-T; Nokia Siemens, DE)

Alfredo Terzoli (Rhodes University, ZA)

Daniele Trinchero (Politecnico di Torino, IT)

For additional information:

Additional info can be found at the event website: http://www.itu-kaleidoscope.org/2011

Inquiries should be addressed to kaleidoscopeitu.int