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         Call for Papers

Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal

Special Issue on Homeland and Global Security

The development, deployment and coordination of pervasive and mobile computing (PMC) has
been studied for a number of years, and much of this research is beginning to transition into real
solutions for a variety of domains. One domain that is ripe for PMC research and development is
homeland and global security. Much of the security mission involves the monitoring of various
environments (e.g., ports, borders, mass transit hubs, financial centers, power grids, the Internet)
and the prediction and detection of threats to these environments. PMC represents a general
solution to maintaining security in these environments. In this special issue we seek contributions
representing the state-of-the-art in PMC research and technology targeted toward homeland and
global security. Components of such approaches include novel sensor and sensor systems for the
detection of various threats, efficient and effective deployment of mobile devices and sensors in
such environments, heterogeneous systems for surveillance and threat detection, secure and fault
tolerant coordination and communication of sensors in homeland and global security
environments, information fusion for prediction and detection of threats, integration and
registration of data from multiple sources, and effective decision-making in dynamic
environments. And since the nature of the challenge restricts in situ testing of the various
approaches, high-fidelity simulation and modeling of such systems is necessary, including the
mobile devices and sensors, their communication, the data produced, the characteristics of
potential threats, and the temporal interaction in response to the sequence of events leading up to
the threat.

The objective of this special issue is to gather high quality research papers that address PMC
applied to the challenges of homeland and global security. Prospective authors are invited to
submit manuscripts containing original research in this area. Topics on integrated and
demonstrated systems and experiments with real-world data and involving users are highly
encouraged. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:

· Sensors and sensor networks for threat detection
· RFID-based tracking
· Biometric devices
· Biological/chemical sensors
· Screening devices
· Deployment of mobile devices and sensors
· Secure and fault tolerant coordination and communication
· Sensor data and information fusion
· Decision-making in dynamic security environments
· Command and control software systems
· Testing and evaluation methodologies
· Simulation and modeling of security domains and systems
· Secure smart environments
· Learning and training systems
· Disaster mitigation and emergency response

Manuscripts must not have been previously published or currently under consideration for
publication elsewhere. The manuscript should be at least 1.5 spaced and must not exceed 30
pages (all inclusive.) If the paper was published in a conference, the submitted manuscript should
be a significantly enhanced version. Authors are also required to submit their published
conference articles and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal
version. The manuscript preparation guidelines can be obtained from the PMC Journal's web page
(http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pmc).

Important Dates:
Deadline for submission: September 15, 2007
Author Notification: December 1, 2007
Revisions Due: February 1, 2008
Final Decision: March 15, 2008

Authors should submit their full manuscripts to the PMC Special Issues Editor-in-Chief, Behrooz
Shirazi, using the Elsevier online Editorial System (EES) at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pmc

Guest Editors:
Larry Holder, Mohan Kumar and Raffaele Bruno