CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 13th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN 2014) is an interesting and engaging forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners from across the globe to exchange ideas and research results related to the design, use, analysis, and application of pervasive computing systems, parallel and distributed architectures, algorithms, networks, and internet technologies.

The 13th International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN 2014) follows the tradition of previous successful I-SPAN conferences, I-SPAN 1994 (Kanazawa, Japan), I-SPAN 1996 (Beijing, China), I-SPAN 1997 (Taipei, Taiwan), I-SPAN 1999 (Perth/Freemantle, Australia), I-SPAN 2000 (Dallas/Richardson, Texas, USA), I-SPAN 2002 (Manila, Philippines), I-SPAN 2004 (Hong Kong, China), I-SPAN 2005 (Las Vegas, USA), I-SPAN 2008 (Sydney, Australia), I-SPAN 2009 (Kaoshiung, Taiwan), I-SPAN 2011 (Dalian, China), I-SPAN 2012 (San Marcos, Texas).

I-SPAN2014 will be held on Dec. 19th-21st, 2014 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Topics of interest in this year focus on 8 popular areas in particular, but are not limited to:

Track 1: Graphs, Algorithms and Networks Track 2: Parallel and Distributed Systems Track 3: Cloud Computing and Big Data Track 4: Pervasive Computing and Intelligence Track 5: Mobile Computing and Communication Track 6: Cyber Physical Systems Track 7: Multimedia Technology and Applications Track 8: Information and Cyber Security

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PAPER SUBMISSION
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Papers need to be prepared according to the IEEE format, and submitted in PDF format via the I-SPAN2014 submission site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ispan2014

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PAPER PUBLICATION
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Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press (indexed by EI). Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers accepted and presented in I-SPAN 2014, after further extensions, will be published in special issues of SCI/EI Indexed journals.

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JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES
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Distinguished papers accepted and presented in I-SPAN2014, after further extensions, will be published in special issues of the following SCI/SCIE/EI Indexed Journals.

● IEEE System Journal
 ● International Journal of Communication Systems ● International Journal of Distributed Sensor Network ● Journal of Computational Science ● EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking ● International Journal of Big Data Intelligence ● International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing ● Journal of Interconnection Network ● Journal of Supercomputing

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop and special session proposal deadline: June 20, 2014 Paper submission deadline: Aug. 10, 2014 Paper result notification: Sep. 20, 2014 Final camera ready and registration: Oct. 10, 2014

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WORKSHOPS AND SPECIAL SESSION
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The I-SPAN2014 Organizing Committee invites proposals for one/half day workshops and special sessions affiliated with the conference and addressing research areas related to the conference. Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press.
Submit workshop proposals to workshops chairs via emails (E-mail: ispan2014@easychair.org)

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SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEES

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General Chair
Francis Lau, The University of HongKong, HongKong Xingang Liu, UESTC, China


Program Chair
Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan



Program Area Chairs

Track 1: Graphs, Algorithms and Networks Xinde Jia, Texas State University, USA Koji Nakano, Hiroshima University, Japan

Track 2: Parallel and Distributed Systems Xiaosong Ma, North Carolina, State University, USA Wenguang Chen, Tsinghua University, China

Track 3: Cloud Computing and Big Data
Jemal Abawajy, Deakin University, Australia Xianghan Zheng, Fuzhou University, China

Track 4: Pervasive Computing and Intelligence Luis Veiga, Insititution Superior Técnico – ULisboa / INESC-ID Lisboa, Portugal Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Track 5: Mobile Computing and Communication Eli Tilevich, Virginia Tech., USA Der-Jun Deng, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan

Track 6: Cyber Physical Systems
Thanos Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece Daqiang Zhang, Tongji University, China

Track 7: Multimedia Technology and Applications Yo-Ping Huang, National Taipei Univ. of Tech., Taiwan Mohammad Alam, University of South Alabama, USA

Track 8: Information and Cyber Security Jianying Zhou, Institute of Information Research, Singapore Hung-Min Sun, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan