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International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing  (IJAHUC)

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Special Issue on: "Ubiquitous Multimedia Computing: Systems, Networking, and Applications"

Guest Editors:
Prof. Yueh-Min Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Prof. Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA
Prof. Der-Jiunn Deng, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Prof. Jen-Wen Ding, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Ubiquitous multimedia computing is an important and fast growing research area. Ubiquitous multimedia services allows people to access rich multimedia content anytime, anywhere, using different access networks and different computing devices. To date, the development of ubiquitous multimedia computing is still in its infancy although a few ubiquitous multimedia services have been developed and deployed in our daily lives, such as mobile audio/video streaming, mobile e-learning, and remote video surveillance. It is anticipated that ubiquitous multimedia computing will change the way we operate and interact with the world with the development of numerous interesting ubiquitous multimedia applications.

Unlike traditional multimedia computing, ubiquitous multimedia computing aims to be thoroughly integrated into everyday objects and activities. The new possibilities of ubiquitous multimedia computing pose new challenges across many areas in computer science: wireless and mobile networks, multimedia processing, multimedia systems and applications, operating systems, middleware, and user devices.

This special issue aims to foster state-of-the-art research in the area of ubiquitous multimedia computing and is expected to focus on all aspects of ubiquitous multimedia computing including emerging technologies, theoretical studies, practical applications, and experimental prototypes.

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We encourage the submission of innovative and mature results in designing, analysing, and developing technology, services, and applications of ubiquitous multimedia computing. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • Wireless and mobile networking for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Quality of service provisioning for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Mobility management for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Peer-to-peer networking for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Network architectures, protocols, and algorithms for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Ad hoc and sensor network support for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Resource sharing and service discovery for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Ubiquitous multimedia systems and applications
  • Ubiquitous audio/video streaming
  • Location-based ubiquitous multimedia services
  • Context-aware ubiquitous multimedia services
  • Tracking in ubiquitous environments
  • Data replication, migration and dissemination for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Operating system support for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Middleware design for ubiquitous multimedia
  • User device support for ubiquitous multimedia
  • Agent technologies for ubiquitous multimedia

 Go Top  Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

 Go Top  Important Dates

Full papers due (special-issue submission): 31 August, 2009

Notification of acceptance/rejection/revision: 30 November, 2009

Revised manuscript due: 31 January, 2010

Final manuscript due: 31 March, 2010

 Go Top  Editors and Notes

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:

Prof. Yueh-Min Huang (Corresponding Guest Editor)
Department of Engineering Science
National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Email: huang@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Prof. Sherali Zeadally
Department of Computer Science and Information Technology
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC 20008
USA
Email: szeadally@udc.edu

Prof. Der-Jiunn Deng
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering
National Changhua University of Education
Changhua City,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Email: djdeng@cc.ncue.edu.tw

Prof. Jen-Wen Ding
Department of Information Management
National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences
Kaohsiung City,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Email: jwding@cc.kuas.edu.tw

(please Cc the email to: Inderscience Editorial Office, E-mail: editorial@inderscience.com)

Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the name of the Corresponding Guest Editor.