~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Final Call For Paper Submission Deadline: 7. December 3rd International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing IWSAWC 2003 www.teco.edu/iwsawc Workshop at the 23rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2003), May 19-22, 2003, Providence, Rhode Island USA Over the last several years, we have seen the rapid evolution in smart appliances and devices, as well as personal and wearable computers. In addition, collaborative computing technologies based on these devices facilitates a wealth of new prospective applications. Such applications require enabling software and hardware technologies like new kinds of embedded devices, networks, infrastructure, software architectures and models. This workshop offers the opportunity for in-depth exploration of selected topics and for the presentation of the most recent research and development findings in these rapidly changing fields. TOPICS . Enabling Technologies for Appliance, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing . Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing . Home and Office Appliances . Portable Devices and Smart Sensors . Wireless-phone Computing . Home Networks and Wearable Networks . Security and Privacy Aspects for Appliances . Wearable Computers and PDAs . Software Architecture for Home/Smart Appliances . Location-dependent and context-aware Computing SUBMISSION Deadline for submissions: 7. December 2002 Announcement of acceptance: 13. January 2003 IWSAWC invites the submission of both "long" technical papers and "short" work-in-progress reports. Long papers must be no more than 6 two-column pages long and must include an abstract of 100 - 150 words. Short work-in-progress reports must be less than 3 two-column pages long. Accepted submissions are published by published by IEEE CS press. CONTACT & INFORMATION Michael Beigl, TecO, University of Karlsruhe, Germany e-mail: [log in to unmask] www.teco.edu/iwsawc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ________________________________________________________________________________ This email (and any attachment) is private and confidential. If you were not meant to receive it, please delete it and tell us by phone or email. Although we scan all email and attachments we do not accept responsibility for viruses. ________________________________________________________________________________