Call for Papers - WMCS2010 - The 6th International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services

 The 6th International Workshop on
Mobile Commerce and Services (WMCS2010)
http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/wmcs/
in cooperation with 
The 5thInternational Conference on Gridand Pervasive Computing(GPC2010)
May10-14, 2010, Hualien, Taiwan
Workshop Duration: One Day Workshop
Workshop Theme:
The wide deployment of wireless networks and mobile technologies and the significant increase in the number of mobile device users have created a very strong demand for emerging mobile commerce applications and services based on today’s wireless network technologies. This trend has provided many new business opportunities and challenges to e-commerce vendors, mobile service providers, mobile content publishers and marketplaces, mobile technology providers and solution integrators. Living in a wireless world changes and enhances people’s life in many ways, such as communications, information sharing and learning, e-commerce and mobile application services. At the same time, businesses and government agencies are confronted with new pressure for technology update, that is, how to provide customers and users with reliable and secure mobile commerce applications and efficient and user-friendly mobile services.
To meet this increasing demand on mobile commerce and mobile services, people are looking for innovative ideas to create next generation mobile-commerce applications and service systems. Mobile commerce and services has become a very hot research subject in both business and research communities. The major theme of this workshop is to study new business models, emerging mobile technology, and engineering methods to build the next generation of mobile commerce service systems supporting mobile users anywhere at anytime.
Goals:
The 6th International Workshop on Mobile Commerce and Services (WMCS2010) is a forum to bring together business people, researchers, scientists, software architects, and industry professionals to discuss innovative ideas and diverse topics on next generation of mobile-commerce and services. Using this forum, researchers and practitioners can exchange issues, challenges, new business models and structures, and new technologies and solutions. 
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit original and research papers addressing business and technical issues, challenges, solutions, and technologies in building wireless-based software systems and applications. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the members of the international program committee. Accepted paper will be included in the GPC2010workshop proceedings.
Topics of Interest IncludeBut Are Not Limited to the Following: 
The topics of interest for WMCS2010include, but are not limited to, the following: 
- M-commerce business:
·         M-commerce businessmodels, processes, strategies, and market structure analysis
·         Mobile supply chain management
·         Pricing and cost analysis of M-commerce services
·         Case studies in M-commerce and information services
- Mobileenabled and wireless Internet technologies:
·         Mobile computing models, technologies and solutions
·         "Mobile2.0" and/or MobileWeb2.0 Technology Extension
·         Context-aware and location-based technologies and solutions for M-commerce
·         Enabling technologies (such as RFID, Barcodes) for M-commerce and services
·         Mobile agent, workflow models, and supporting technologies in M-commerce
·         New wireless multimedia technologies and platforms for mobile commerce, e.g., DMB, DVB-H, mobile TV
·         Mobileenabled architectures, middleware, components, and agent technologies
·         Mobile security problems, technologies, solutions and privacy
·         Mobile database retrieval techniques, transaction models and caching techniques
·         New mobile client design, architectures, and interaction methods for mobile devices
- Innovative wireless (or wireless Internet) based applications:
·         "Mobile2.0" and/or Mobile Web 2.0 based applications and experience
·         Mobile-based e-learning and education environments
·         Mobile service middleware and platforms for mobile commerce
·         Mobile advertising solutions, techniques, systems and platforms
·         Mobile payment protocols, solutions, service systems and platforms
·         New mobile portals, mobile-based social networks, and marketplaces
·         Ambient intelligent frameworks, platforms, and systems
·         Ubiquitous computing platform and services for mobile users
·         P2P mobile systems and applications  
·         New mobile enterprise systems and applications
·         Mobile digital home environment and intelligence
·         Deployment, experience and lesson learned reports in M-commerce and services 
- Mobile services:
·         Semantic web and services for M-commerce
·         Mobile instant messaging systems and services
·         Mobility discovery, management, and services
·         Mobile brokerage, management, and service mechanisms
·         Mobile entertainment services and platforms for digital music, videos, tickets, and games
·         Deployment, experience and lesson learned reports in M-commerce and services
·         Mobile personalization, mobile service management, and natural language support
- Tagging technologies:
·         RFID/uID middleware design and implementation
·         Barcode-based or tag based highly available ubiquitous services
·         Tools for design, deployment and evaluation of tag-based systems
·         Tagdiscovery, management, security, and services
·         Tagging for smart life services
Workshop History and Likely Participants: 
Since 2004, we have successfully organized and delivered a number of international workshops (WMCS2004, WMCS2005, WMCS2006, EMOBS07, WMCS2008, and WMCS2009) onthe same subject. The workshop aims at attracting both researchers from academic and industrial institutions and practitioners from industry. The subject of this workshop has sincebecomea hot research topic. We expect to receive 30-60 submissions, and accept 10-20 papers. This predication is based on based on our experience in organizing past workshops WMCS2005, WMCS2006, WMCS 2008,and WMCS2009.
Submission:
Original papers that are not published previously or under review by other journals or conferences will be considered. All submitted papers will be evaluated according to their originality, significance, correctness, presentation and relevance. The URL linkof WMCS2010workshoppaper submission http://edas.info/index.php?c=8345For format and style guidelines authors should refer to: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0The authors should prepare their final paper according to the instructions.Manuscripts will be limited to 8-12pages following LNCSconference proceedings style and guidelines. Papers that present novel ideas, criticize existing work, and discuss practical studies and experiments are especially encouraged. 
Accepted papers will be published in LNCS by Springer. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper must register as a full participant of the workshop to have the paper published in the proceedings.
Workshop Format:
The workshop will consist of four sessions, each 95 minutes of duration. The first session will start with a welcome and an introduction to the general topics of the workshop. This session will also include an overview of the presentations which will be given during the workshop. After this welcome and introduction part, the technical part of the workshop will start. The technical part will contain the presentations. After the technical part in the last session, the presentations and also discussions will be briefly summarized. Besides a summary of presentations discussions, the last session will also include a roadmap for further work which will aim at initiating cooperation among the attendees of the workshop.
Each presentation will be 20 minutes in length with additional 5 minutes for discussions and questions so that in each session 4 papers will be presented. Taking into account the welcome/introduction in the first session and the summary/roadmap in the last session, the workshop will host 14 presentations.
Expected Achievements:
The organizers intend to achieve an overview of the current research in the area of engineering wireless-based systems and applications. Furthermore, a roadmap will be developed together with the attendees of the workshop with the goal ofinitiatingcooperation among the attendees. Selected best papers will be published in Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research.
Important Dates:
- PaperSubmission Deadline:                 December 10, 2009
-Workshop Author Notification:January31, 2010
-Workshop Camera-Ready:                   February10, 2010
- Conference Date:                                May 5-10, 2010
Workshop Organization:
WorkshopCo-Chairs:
Brian K. Lien                  Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Jerry Gao                       San JoseState University, USA
Workshop Program Co-Chairs:
Chien-Chang Hsu            Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Guanling Lee                  National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Steering Committee(in alphabetical order):
Jerry Gao                       San JoseState University, USA
Jingsha He                      BejingUniversityof Technology, China
Chien-Chang Hsu            Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Axel Kupper                   Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity, Germany
Keung Hae Lee               Korea Aerospace University, Korea
Brian K. Lien                  Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Claudia Linnhoff-Popien  Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity, Germany
(Chair) Hsing Mei           Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
 
Program Committee(in alphabetical order):
 
Matthias Book               UniversityLeipzig,Germany
DonggangCao               Peking University,China
Chih-Min Chao              NationalTaiwanOceanUniversity
Rung-Ching Chen           ChaoyangUniversityof Technology, Taiwan
Narciso Cerpa               University of Talca, Chile
Yong-Yi  FanJiang         Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Volker Gruhn                University Leipzig, Germany
Chi-Pan Hwang             National Changhua University, Taiwan
Jia-Lien Hsu                 Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Axel Kupper                 Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity, Germany
Keung Hae Lee             Korea Aerospace University, Korea
Katina Michael             University of Wollongong, Australia
Claudia Linnhoff-Popien   Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversity, Germany
George Roussos            Bikbeck College, UK
Xiao Su                        San Jose State University, USA
Yong Ik Yoon               Sookmyung Women's University, Korea
Kyung-Chang Kim         Hongik University, Korea
Gu-min Jeong                Kookmin University, Korea
Ron Vetter                    UNCWilmington,USA
Timothy K. Shih            NationalTaipeiUniversityof Education, Taiwan
Chiu-Ching Tuan           NationalTaipeiUniversityof Technology, Taiwan
Sheng-Yuan Yang          St.John's University, Taiwan
Yi-Jen Su                      Shu-Te University, Taiwan
 
For further information on WMCS2010, please contactthe workshop co-chairs atjerry.gao@sjsu.edu or cch@csie.fju.edu.tw

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