C A L L F O R P A P E R S =============================== CALL FOR PAPERS and Call For Workshop/Session Proposals The 2009 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications ESA'09 Date and Location: July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/conferences/esa09 http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/ You are invited to submit a paper (and/or a proposal to organize a session/workshop). All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O Embedded system architecture: multiprocessors, reconfigurable platforms, memory management support, communication, protocols, network-on-chip, real-time systems, embedded microcontrollers, ... O Real-time systems: All real-time related aspects such as software, distributed real-time systems, real-time kernels, real-time OS, task scheduling, multitasking design, ... O Embedded hardware support: System-on-a-chip, DSPs, hardware specification, synthesis, modeling, simulation and analysis at all levels for low power, power-aware, testable, reliable, verifiable systems, performance modeling, validation, security issues, real-time behavior, safety critical systems, ... O Embedded software: Compilers, assemblers and cross assemblers, programming, memory management, object-oriented aspects, virtual machines, scheduling, concurrent software for SoCs, distributed/resource aware OS, OS and middleware support, ... O Hardware/software co-design: Methodologies, test and debug strategies, real-time systems, specification and modeling, design representation, synthesis, partitioning, estimation, design space exploration beyond traditional hardware/software boundary, and algorithms, ... O Testing techniques: All aspects of testing, including design-for-test, test synthesis, built-in self-test, embedded test, for embedded and system-on-a-chip systems. O Application-specific processors and devices: Network processors, real-time processor, media and signal processors, application specific hardware accelerators, reconfigurable processors, low power embedded processors, bio/fluidic processors, bluetooth, hand-held devices, flash memory chips, ... O Industrial practices and benchmark suites: System design, processor design, software, tools, case studies, trends, emerging technologies, experience maintaining benchmark suites, representation, interchange format, tools, copyrights, maintenance, metrics, ... O Embedded computing education: Curriculum issues, teaching tools and methods. O Emerging new topics: New challenges for next generation embedded computing systems, arising from new technologies (e.g., nanotechnology), new applications (e.g., pervasive or ubiquitous computing, embedded internet tools), new principle (e.g., embedded Engineering), ... Web links: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/conferences/esa09 http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/ ACADEMIC CO-SPONSORS: The sponsors of the congress include (this is a partial list but it also includes the 2008 sponsors pending their final approval for 2009), Academic Sponsors: Argonne's Leadership Computing Facility (of Argonne National Lab); United States Military Academy Network Science Center (NSC); SECLAB, Unina/Italy; Computational Biology & Functional Genomics Lab., Harvard U.; Int'l. Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine; Horvath Lab., UCLA; Minnesota Supercomputing Institute; Functional Genomics Lab., U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; BioMedical Informatics & Bio-Imaging Lab., Georgia Institute of Tech. and Emory U.; Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Lab., U. of Texas at Austin; Biomedical Cybernetics Lab., HST of Harvard U. & MIT; Center for the Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics, Georgia Institute of Tech.; Harvard Statistical Genomics & Computational Lab., Harvard U.; Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Program, George Mason U.; Hawkeye Radiology Informatics, U. of Iowa; Medical Image HPC & Informatics Lab (MiHi Lab), U. of Iowa; U. of North Dakota; PSU of Saudi; and NEMO/European Union. Corporate Sponsors include: Google, Inc.; Salford Systems; Synplicity, Inc.; Supermicro, Inc.; NIIT Technologies. General Co-Chair and Coordinator: H. R. Arabnia, PhD Professor, Computer Science Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) Advisory Board, IEEE Technical Committee on TCSC Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Boyd Building Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: [log in to unmask] SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers by uploading them to http://worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu/ . Submissions must be received by Feb. 25, 2009 and they must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.) The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (ESA) must be mentioned on the first page. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts in the field who are independent of the conference program committee. The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of the program committee who will recommend a decision to the co-chairs. The co-chairs will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee. IMPORTANT DATES: Feb. 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages) March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'09) MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; bioinformatics; computational biology; and computer security.) The Program Committee for ESA is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email Prof. Arabnia ([log in to unmask]) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference (ESA) offering to help with. Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts. PURPOSE / HISTORY: ESA'09 is an annual research conference about embedded systems. It is being held jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other conferences (WORLDCOMP'09). WORLDCOMP is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research topics into a coordinated meeting held in a common place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The model used facilitates communication among researchers from all over the world in different fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during the event. ESA'09 and WORLDCOMP'09 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial speakers included: Prof. David A. Patterson (U. of California, Berkeley); Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. Brian D. Athey (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry Vercoe (MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley); Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (OLPC + developer of X Window); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and many other distinguished speakers. LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows, a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (recreational destinations, Golf courses, ...)