MAIN TOPICS AND TRACKS
The main topics of interest of INCoS-2012 include but are not limited to the following:
– Cloud Computing: Service, Storage, Security and Privacy
Trust, Management, and Services in Clouding Platform
Novel Cloud Architecture and Infrastructure
Cost and Energy-ware Data Centers and Cloud Computing Systems
Data Integrity and Availability in Clouding Computation
New Access Control Techniques in Clouding Platform
Secure Data Storage and Keyword Search in Clouding Computation
Virtualization and Isolation Protective Techniques
Accountability and Traceability in Clouding Stoarage
Secure Outsourcing Computation
Privacy Preserving in Clouding Computation
Fair Payments in Clouding Computation
New Cryptographic Techniques in Clouding Computation
– Data Mining and Knowledge Management for Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems
Social Network Mining
Intelligent visualization of social Network analysis
Knowledge discovery from heterogeneous, unstructured and multimedia data
Knowledge discovery in network and link data
Adaptive hypermedia systems
Mining Data streams, evolving data and models
Data integration and intelligent search
Trust networks and information sharing
Data mining in recommendation networks
Knowledge community formation and support
Spatial and temporal data mining in evolving networks
Computational models and agent-based simulations of networks
Intelligent agents and interfaces for Personalization and Adaptivity
– Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Management
Knowledge discovery from heterogeneous, unstructured and multimedia data
Knowledge discovery in network and link data
Knowledge community formation and support
Knowledge Network Models
Knowledge Collaboration Networks
Knowledge and Social Collaboration
Knowledge and Collaboration in Virtual Organization and Communities
Knowledge-driven collaborative systems
Knowledge-based Expert Systems
Data-driven knowledge systems
New trends and areas of applications in Fuzzy and Knowledge Management
Fuzzy rule-based systems
Soft computing applications in network modelling
Management of uncertainty in collaborative systems
Soft approaches to ontology modeling and processing
Fuzzy sets in data bases, queering and information retrieval
Fuzzy sets in knowledge engineering
Fuzzy sets in semantic web
Fuzzy information processing methods
– Grid and P2P Distributed Infrastructure for Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems
Computer Supported Collaborative Work with distributed systems
Distributed technologies and architectures to support group collaboration, activity, and awareness
Grid and high-performance computing for Networking
P2P platforms for supporting collaboration
P2P and overlay networks, systems, and applications
Service Oriented Architectures for Networking
Web services technologies for collaborative networking and applications
Collaborative, context-aware infrastructure
Middleware support for collaborative information systems
Architectures, protocols, and enabling technologies for collaborative computing networks and systems
Autonomic computing for Networking
Multi-agent technology and software technologies for collaborative networking and
Applications
Energy-aware computing platforms for efficient sharing of resources
– Intelligent Collaborative Systems for work and Learning, Virtual Organization and Campuses
Collaborative computing
Web-Based Cooperative Work
Collaborative Learning
Computer Supported Cooperative Care/Health
Methodologies and tools for design and analysis of collaborative practices
Ethnographic and case studies of work practice
Data management for collaborative systems
Collaboration in pervasive computing applications
Collaborative e-education, e-learning, and collaborative computing
Human/robot collaboration
Human-centric ubiquitous collaboration
Infrastructure and Tools for e-Social network
Interdisciplinary Research and e-Social network
International Collaborations in e-Social network
Online communities and computer networks
Collaborative work for green behaviour of humans
– Methodology, Analysis and Sustainability of Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems
eLearning
Learning organizations
Wireless sensor networks to support learning
Context-aware learning environments
Applications of video games in learning
Monitoring and analysis of individual and group interactions
Tools for analyzing/mining collaborative learning processes
Information visualization techniques for supporting and analyzing group learning processes
Eye tracking methods for analyzing collaborative learning
Social media analytics
Web 2.0 and social computing for learning
Collaboration through social media
Groupwork methodologies and social aspects
Virtual groups and virtual worlds
Synchronous and asynchronous collaboration
Design of online groupware tools and frameworks
Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
Mobile learning
Adaptive learning, methodologies, and adaptive collaborative environments
Personalized educational and learning systems
Methodologies and tools for design and analysis of collaborative practices
Group-oriented knowledge management technologies
Multi-agent systems and architectures to support collaborative work and learning
Intelligent Web-based collaborative applications/environments
Intelligent support for distributed communities
Intelligent applications and case studies for e-learning and collaborative systems
– Nature`s Inspired and Multi-Agent Collaborative Systems
Evolutionary computation
Multi-agent systems
Intelligent agents and intelligent interfaces
Swarm intelligence
Ant colony optimization
Particle swarm optimization
Hybrid methods with meta-heuristics and machine learning
RoboCup Soccer Simulation and RoboCup Rescue Simulation
Multi-agent technology for collaborative systems
Bio-inspired techniques for energy-efficent computing
– Networking and Collaboration at School
Use of Web 2.0 technologies (such as blogs, wikis, social networking services)
Computer Mediated Communication tools for teaching
Technology enhanced collaborative approaches
Internet based educational approaches
Design and implementation of supporting tools (both for students and educators)
Interaction Analysis tools for evaluation and regulation of collaborative learning approaches
Classroom Management Systems
Design of adaptive systems and reusable learning objects
Collaboration Scripting
Virtual environment architecture
Virtual Museum, Electronic library, Tele-Medicine
Evaluation of Network-Oriented application systems
Community Building and Communities of Practice
Design, model and framework of e-Learning Systems
Distance and e-Learning in a global context
Time dimension of e-Learning
Context dependent learning
– Next Generation Network Protocols and Components
Cognitive, Cellular, and Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Grid and Cloud Computing
High Speed and Data Center Networks
Wireless LAN, Ad Hoc and Mesh Networks
Multimedia, QoS and Traffic Modeling
Network Architecture and Clean-Slate Designs
Network Algorithms and Performance Evaluation
Network Coding
Networking for Sustainability, Reliability and Energy Efficiency
Network Science and Social Networks
Sensor Networks, Embedded Systems, and Pervasive Computing
Security, Privacy and Trust
The Internet of Things
Energy-efficient routing protocols and resource allocation
– Security, Organization, Management and Autonomic Computing for Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems
Cryptographic primitives, metholds, protocols and applications
Autonomic computing
Case studies for autonomic computing
Learning algorithms for autonomic computing
Autonomic monitoring and management
Autonomic policy and QoS management
Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management
Self-organization, and Intra- and inter-organizational networks
Geographical clusters, networks, and innovation
Workflow technology and workflow management for collaborative network management
Network management systems
Security and trust management in collaborative networks, systems, and applications
Trustworthy collaborative business processing in virtual organizations
Security and privacy in collaboration
Network security, intrusion detection
Energy management for collaborative networks
Network measurements and testbeds
Supply Chain Management
– Semantics and Ontologies for Networking and Collaborative Systems
Experiences and applications of semantics
Ontologies and Conceptual models
Semantic Web and Linked-Data
Data quality and trustability in Semantic Web and Linked-Data
Semantic information retrieval and querying
Semantic integration, including ontology matching, merging, etc.
Management of large ontology-driven data and knowledge bases
RDF stores and repositories
XML and RDF processing
Semantic annotation and metadata
Mobile and ubiquitous applications exploiting semantics
Community and social mechanisms for the definition of semantics of data, metadata and ontology creation
Using the Semantic Web and/or the Web of Data for personalisation and context-awareness
– Software Engineering for Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems
Software architectures, frameworks and platforms
Software modeling, specification, design and development
Software Engineering methods and standards
Software Requirements Engineering
Model-driven Software Development
Service Oriented Architectures
Product Line Architectures
Software interoperability and reuse
Software Language Engineering
Ontology-based framework solutions
Software applications based on Linked Open Data
Optimization methods and applications
Case studies and evaluation
Evaluation of the usability of applications
Quality assurance of systems; empirical methods in software
Testing, verification and validation of software
– Wireless and Sensor Systems for Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems
Collaborative sensor systems
Collaborative mobile networks, sensor networks, unmanned air and ground vehicle networks & applications
Collaboration with and through advanced sensing systems
Ad hoc and sensor Networks
Handoff, Mobile networks and Wireless Web
Mobile Internet architectures
Mobility models for networking
Collaborative technologies for fast creation and deployment of new mobile services
Collaborative, location aware mobile systems
Sensor array structure and signal processing
Technology and system for collaboration in real-time enterprises
– Poster Track
Poster track is open to submissions from all tracks and topics of the conference. Topics include but are not limited to:
Next Generation Networking
Large scale and/or Complex Networking
Wireless, Sensor and/or Mobile ad-hoc Networking
Delay and/or Disruption Tolerant Networking
Content-Centric Networking
Social Networking
Green Networking
Nature's Inspired Networking
Networking for Cloud and/or Distributed Computing
Networking and Collaboration at School
Security for Networking
Data Mining and Knowledge Management for Networking
Semantics and Ontologies for Networking
Software Engineering for Networking
CONTACT
Fatos Xhafa
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
C/Jordi Girona 1-3
08034 Barcelona, SPAIN
Tel: +34 93-413-7880 / +34 93 739 8090
Fax: +34 93-413-7833
Email: fatos at lsi.upc.edu
Leonard Barolli
Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-Ku
Fukuoka 811-0295, JAPAN
Tel: +81 92 6064970
Fax: +81 92 6064970
Email: barolli at fit.ac.jp