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INCoS 2013 - Call for Papers
5 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (INCoS-2013)
September 9th -11th, 2013, Xi’an, China
http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/incos/2013
The 5th INCoS-2013 International Conference will be held in conjunction with the 4th EIDWT-2013
International Conference
http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/eidwt/2013/
INCoS-2013 covers the latest advances in intelligent and adaptive solutions for social networks and
collaborative systems. The ultimate aim is to stimulate research that will lead to the creation of
responsive environments for networking and, at longer-term, the development of adaptive, secure,
mobile, and intuitive intelligent systems for collaborative work and learning. INCoS-2013 Organizing
Committee invites all interested colleagues and students to participate to an exciting scientific and social
event focusing on latest advances in intelligent and adaptive solutions for social networks and
collaborative systems that lead to gain competitive advantages in business and academia scenarios.
The conference seeks original contributions in all relevant areas, including but not limited to:
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Intelligent Web-based networking and collaborative systems
Web 2.0 and Web-based communities
Social networking and collaborative systems
Virtual campuses and collaborative systems
Virtual Organizations and communities of practice
Business-to-Business collaborative systems
Peer-to-Peer computing and collaborative systems
Online collaborative learning and interaction analysis
Grid Computing and collaborative systems
Wireless and Mobile technologies for collaborative systems
Cloud computing and collaborative systems
Context aware-computing for collaborative systems
Semantic web technologies and services for collaborative systems
Security, privacy and anonymity in collaborative systems
Modeling, simulation and performance analysis of collaborative systems
Personalization and adaptation techniques in collaborative systems
Soft computing techniques for design of intelligent collaborative systems
CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSONS
Honorary Chairs
Jianfeng Ma, Xidian University, China
Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan
General Co-Chairs
Xiaofeng Chen, Xidian University, China
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Program Co-Chairs
Xinyi Huang, Fujian Normal University, China
Santi Caballe, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Alex Thomo, University of Victoria, Canada
International Advisory Committee
Mario Koppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology(KIT), Japan (Co-Chair)
Hui Li, Xidian University, China (Co-Chair)
Masato Tsuru, Kyushu Institute of Technology(KIT), Japan (Co-Chair)
Janusz Kacpryzk, Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Santi Caballe, Open University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT), Japan
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Workshop Co-Chairs
Qianhong Wu, Rovira I Virgili,Spain
Pavel Kromer, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Fangguo Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Posters Chair
MasatoTsuru, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan(Track chair)
Special Issues Chair
Horacio Gonzalez-Velez, National College of Ireland, Ireland
Publication & Proceedings Chairs
Ajith Abraham, MIRLabs, USA
International Liaison Chairs
Thanasis Daradoumis, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Award Chairs
Florin Pop, Politehnica Bucharest, Romania
Steering Committee
Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain (Chair)
Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, (FIT), Japan
Xiaofeng Chen, Xidian University, China
The full committee members' list is available at:
http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/incos/2013/committees.html
MAIN CONFERENCE TRACKS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
- Track 1: CLOUD COMPUTING: SERVICES, STORAGE, SECURITY and PRIVACY
Chunfu Jia, Nankai University, China (Track Co-Chair)
Qiang Tang, University of Twente, Netherlands (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members:
Leyi Shi, China University of Petroleum, China
Zheli Liu, Nankai University, China
Haojin Zhu, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China
Chunfu Jia, Nankai University, China
Xin Liu, China University of Petroleum, China
Lingling Xu, South China University of Technology, China
- Track 2: DATA MINING, MACHINE LEARNING AND COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
Pavel Kromer, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic (Track Co-Chair)
Vaclav Snasel, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members:
Petr Musilek, University of Alberta, Canada
Ivan Zelinka, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jouni Lampinen, University of Vaasa, Finland
Eliska Ochodkova, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Milos Kudelka, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Jan Platos, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Suhail Owais, Applied Science University, Jordan
Petr Gajdos, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Emilio Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain
Pavel Moravec, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
Tibebe Beshah, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
- Track 3: FUZZY SYSTEMS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Xiaojun Zeng, The University of Manchester, UK (Track Chair)
PC Members:
Valentina Emilia Balas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
Antonio Dourado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Xin Fu, Xiamen University, China
Kevin Guelton, Universite de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Huey-Ming Lee, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
Olivier Pivert, IRISA/ENSSAT, University of Rennes 1, France
Marek Reformat, University of Alberta, Canada
Joao Miguel Sousa, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Guy De Tre, Ghent University, Belgium
Shun-Hung Tsai, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Di Wang, Khalifa University, UAE
Hua-Liang Wei, University of Sheffield, U.K
Yingjie Yang, De Montfort University, U.K
Slawomir Zadrozny, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, POLAND
- Track 4: GRID AND P2P DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INTELLIGENT
NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania (Track Co-Chair)
Pilar Herrero, Technical University of Madrid, Spain (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members:
Antonio la Torre de la Fuente, CESVIMA, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Ashiq Anjum, University of Derby, UK
Catalin Leordeanu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Cheng-Kang Chu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Elena Apostol, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Haojin Zhu, Shanghai JiaoTong University, P.R. China
Hoon Wei Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jesus Montes Sanchez, CESVIMA, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Jin Li, Guangzhou University, P.R. China
Jose Luis Vazquez Poletti, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Licheng Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, P.R. China
Liqun Chen, HP Labs, UK
Man Ho Au, University of Wollongong, Australia
Mo Rezai, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Mugurel Andreica, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK
Oscar David Robles Sanchez, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Qiang Tang, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Raymond Choo, University of South Australia, Australia
Richard Hill, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Santiago Gonzalez Tortosa, CESVIMA, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Sherman S. M. Chow, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Svetla Petkova-Nikova, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
- Track 5: INTELLIGENT COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS FOR WORK AND LEARNING, VIRTUAL
ORGANIZATION AND CAMPUSES
Nicola Capuano, University of Salerno, Italy (Track Co-Chair)
Thanasis Daradoumis, University of the Aegean, Greece (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members:
Stephen Benton, University of Westminster, UK
Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Yannis Dimitriadis, University of Valladolid, Spain
Javier Faulin, University of Navarra, Spain
Michael Feidakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
Sara de Freitas, Coventry University, UK
Scott Grasman, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Angel Juan, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Charalampos Karagiannidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
Maria Kordaki, University of the Aegean, Greece
Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy
Giuseppina Rita Mangione, MOMA S.p.A., Italy
Anna Pierri, Centre for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Italy
Simos Retalis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Saverio Salerno, University of Salerno, Italy
- Track 6: NATURE'S INSPIRED MULTI-AGENT COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Hisayuki Sasaoka, Asahikawa National College of Technology, Japan (Track Co-Chair)
Edward Curry, National University of Ireland, Ireland (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members:
Hisayuki Sasaoka, Asahikawa National College of Technology, Japan
Edward Curry, National University of Ireland, Ireland
Andre Freitas, Digital Enterprise Research Institute
Enda Ridge, KPMG, UK
Rainer Unland, University of Duisburg-Essen
Enda Howley, National University of Ireland, Galway
- Track 7: NEXT GENERATION NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND COMPONENTS
Xufei Mao, Tsinghua University, China (Track Co-Chair)
Sudhakar Ganti, University of Victoria, Canada (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members:
Shaojie Tang,Temple University, USA
Biswajit Nandy, Solana Networks/Carleton University, Canada
Jiliang Wang, Tsinghua University, China
Md. Humayun Kabir, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh
Yu Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Deke Guo, National University of Defense Technology, China
Liang Liu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Xiaohua Xu, University of Toledo, Canada
Wei Gong, Tsinghua University, China
- Track 8: SECURITY, ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND AUTONOMIC COMPUTING FOR
INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
YongYu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China (Track Co-Chair)
Man Ho Au, University of Wollongong, Australia (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members:
Claudio Orlandi, Aarhus University, Denmark
JingXu, Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Daojing He, Zhejiang University, China
Xiangxue Li, East China Normal University, China
Chuanrong Zhang, Air force Engineering University, China
Mingwu Zhang, South China Agricultural University, China
Huaqun Wang, Dalian Ocean University, China
Qiong Huang, South China Agricultural University, China
Joseph K. Liu, I2R, Singapore
Guomin Yang, University of Wollongong, Australia
Cheng-Kang Chu, I2R, Singapore
Tsz Hon Yuen, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Track 9: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, SEMANTICS AND ONTOLOGIES FOR INTELLIGENT
NETWORKING AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Jordi Conesa, Open University of Catalonia, Spain (Track Co-Chair)
Santi Caballe, Open University of Catalonia, Spain (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members:
Robert Clariso, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Antoni Perez Navarro, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
JongWoo Kim, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Elena Planas, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Macario Polo, University of Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Francisco Jose Garcia Penalvo, University of Salamanca, Spain
Xiaodong Liu, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Laia Descamps, I.C.A. Informatica y Comunicaciones Avanzadas, Spain
Joan Casas, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
David Ganan, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Elena Rodriguez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Thuy-Linh Nguyen, Australian Catholic University, Australia
David Baneres, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Antoni Perez Navarro, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
- Track 10: WIRELESS AND SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT NETWORKING AND
COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Hiroyoshi Miwa, Kwansei University, Japan (Track Co-Chair)
Xavier Vilajosana, University of California, USA (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members:
Fabien Chraim, University of California, USA
Ferran Adelantado, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Pere Tuset, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
Jose Lopez Vicario, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Antoni Morell, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Akihiro Fujihara, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Noriaki Kamiyama, NTT, Japan
Masato Uchida, Chiba institute of technology, Japan
Hirofumi Ueda, NEC, Japan
Masanori Takaoka, NEC Communication Systems, Japan
Ken'ichi Kawanishi, Gumma University, Japan
Takumi Miyoshi, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
Aida Masaki, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Takahiro Matsuda, Osaka University, Japan
Shinya Yamamura, Fujitsu, Japan
Akira Nagata, Network Application Engineering Laboratories, Japan
Bin Hu, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Yusuke Sakumoto, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Track 11: POSTER PAPERS TRACK
Track Co-Chairs
Masato Tsuru, KyushuInstitute of Technology, Japan (Track Co-Chair)
Lein Harn, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA (Track Co-Chair)
PC Members
Yong Li, Beijing Jiao tong University, China
Li Lu University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
Peng Wang, Institute of Information Engineering, CAS, China
Changlu Lin, Fujian Normal University, China
WORKSHOPS
Submit a workshop proposal to the INCoS2013 workshop Co-Chairs on or before January 31, 2013.
SUBMISSION
Papers must be submitted no later than April 15, 2013 and electronic (see conference webpage for
details, http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/incos/2013/submission.html )
The website for submitting paper is: http://edas.info/N13565
The conference registration is at: http://edas.info/r13565
Submitted papers should be original and contain contributions of theoretical, experimental or application
nature, or be unique experience reports.
INCoS-2013 accepts these paper categories:
Regular papers 8 pages, Workshop paper 6 pages, Short paper 4 pages, and Poster paper 2 pages.
ALL accepted submissions (regular, workshop, short, poster paper) will be included in the proceedings
of the conference.
IMPORTANT DATES
 Submission Deadline: April 15, 2013
 Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2013
 Camera-Ready Submission: June 30, 2013
 Author Registration: June 30, 2013
 Conference Dates: September 9-11, 2013
CONTACTS
Fatos Xhafa: fatos@lsi.upc.edu
Xiaofeng Chen: xfchen@xidian.edu.cn
Xinyi Hunag: xyhuang81@gmail.com
Leonard Barolli: barolli@fit.ac.jp