The 11st KIPS International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications (CUTE 2016) will be held on Dec. 19 –  

21, 2016, Phuket, Thailand.
The purpose of the CUTE 2016 is to promote discussion and interaction among academics, researchers and professionals in the field of  

ubiquitous computing technologies.  

Ubiquitous computing will require a new approach to fitting technology to our lives. The advent of new computing devices, and the seamless 

connectivity between these devices, thanks to diverse wired and wireless networks, are enabling new opportunities for a user to perform his/her 

operation all the time and everywhere.  

These seamlessly connected devices are ranging from mobile handset to wearable computers.  

Also, it is expected that these devices will become so pervasive that they will be embedded in the surrounding physical environment, and 

transparent and invisible to a user. Such devices, whether carried on by people or embedded into other systems, will constitute a global  

iternetworking infrastructure and likely to provide a new level of openness and dynamics.  

Ubiquitous computing has as its goal the enhancing computer use by pushing computational services out of conventional desktop interfaces  

into physical environments, but effectively making them transparent forms and calm mode of interactivity. Recent advances in electronic and 

computer technologies have paved the way for the proliferation of ubiquitous computing and innovative applications that incorporate these 

technologies.
This conference provides an international forum for the presentation and showcase of recent advances on various aspects of ubiquitous 

computing.  

It will reflect the state-of-the-art of the computational methods, involving theory, algorithm, numerical simulation, error and uncertainty  

analysis and/or novel application of new processing techniques in engineering, science, and other disciplines related to ubiquitous computing.  

In this conference, several topics on the specific themes for intensive discussions are also planned according to the areas of interest.  

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 Topics 
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We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Track 1. Ubiquitous Communication and Networking
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– Ubiquitous wired and wireless networks
– Ad-hoc networking
– Intelligent sensor network/RFID
– Ubiquitous/pervasive platform and middleware
– Automated, adapted and situated service
– Open service architecture
– Intelligent web service
– Mobile and ubiquitous multicasting
– Next-generation Internet & IPv6
– Mobile network (NGN/BcN)
– Wireless communication te! chnology
– Optical networks
– Home networks
– Future Internet

Track 2. Ubiquitous Software Technology
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– Context-aware acquisition and representation
– Context-aware media processing
– Context database/management
– Context framework and middleware
– Context analysis and utilization
– Context/Location-aware application
– Energy-aware system
– Resource-aware computation
– Self-aware computers and systems

Track 3. Ubiquitous Systems and Applications
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– Distributed ubiquitous middleware
– Ubiquitous intelligent applications
– Ubiquitous intelligent systems
– Intelligence grid platform and service
– U-Health care system
– Smart appliances and wearable devices
– Haptic interfaces and interactions
– Design principles for multimodal systems
– Auditory and haptic displays
– Multimodal gaming and entertainment
– Novel systems and interactions using other modalities (e.g. taste, smell)
– Computer imaging and graphics
– Ubiquitous learning

Track 4. Ubiquitous Security, Privacy and Trust
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– Information security and cryptography
– Security services/mechanisms/protocols in network/system levels
– Access control in network/system levels
– Identity, privacy, and trust issues in ubiquitous society
– Risk estimation and management
– Formal verification for security services & mechanisms/protocols
– Performance analysis for security services & mechanisms/protocols

Track 5. IT Convergence Services

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Organizing Committee (Pending)
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Steering Committee
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James J. Park, SeoulTech, Korea (Leading Chair)
Young-Sik Jeong, Dongguk University, Kor! ea (Co-chair)
Doo-soon Park, SoonChunHyang University, Korea (Co-chair)
Laurence T. Yang, St.Francis Xavier University, Canada
Hai Jin, Huangzhong University of Science and Technology, China
Chan-Hyun Youn, KAIST, Korea
Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Japan
Weijia Jia, City University of Hong Kong! , Hong Kong 

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Important Dates
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 Paper Submission Due: July 15, 2016
 Author Notification:  Aug. 10, 2016
 Camera Ready Due:     Aug. 30, 2016
 Registration Due :  &nbsp! ; Sep.  5, 2016
 Conference Dates:     Dec. 19 -21, 2016

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Paper Submission and Publication
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There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers 

for oral presentations in any of the areas of interest for this conference. 

 
Authors should submit a paper based on page limitation including all figures, tables, and references. If you want to submit more than page  

limitation, you can add up to 2 extra pages with the appropriate fee payment.  

All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) – Springer 

(indexed by EI and SCOPUS). 

Authors should submit! a paper with 5~6 pages in length, including all figures, tables, and references. If you want to submit more than page 

limitation, you can add up to 2 extra pages (total MAX. 8 pages) with the extra page charges (100 USD per page). 

Papers exceeding the page limits will be rejected without review. 

Instructions for papers in the Springer's LNEE (Note that the paper format of LNEE is the same as that of LNCS) 

– Prepare your paper in the exact format as the sample paper for LNEE. Failure to do so may result in the exclusion of your paper from the 

  proceedings. Please read the authors' instructions carefully before preparing your papers.  

– Springer accepts both Microsoft Word and LaTex format in the Lecture Note Series. However, FTRA does not accept the use of LaTex. 

  Therefore, you should use the Microsoft Word instead of using LaTex (The paper will be excluded from the proceeding if you use LaTex).   

  Springer provides the relevant templates and sample files for both PC (sv-lncs.dot) and Mac (sv-lncs) environments.
– Please download word.zip (http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/word.zip?SGWID=0-0-45-72919-0). 

  If you need more help on preparing your papers, please visit Springer's LNCS web page  

  (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-2-72376-0). 

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Special Issues (Pending)
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The Distinguished selected papers accepted and presented in CUTE 2016, after further revisions,
will be recommended to the spe! cial issues of the following international journals:
– The Journal of Supercomputing (JoS) – Springer (SCI)
– Wireless Personal Communications – Springer (SCIE)
– Multimedia Tools and Applications – Springer (SCIE)
– Cluster Computing – Springer (SCIE)
– Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS)- KIPS (SCOPUS)
– Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) – Springer (SCOPUS)
– Some Intl' journals (SCOPUS)

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Contact Information
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Leading Steering Chair:
  Prof. James J. Park, SeoulTech, Korea, jamespark.seoul@gmail.com

Leading General Chair:
  Prof. Gangman Yi, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea, gangman@cs.gwnu.ac.kr

Leading Program Chair:
  Prof. Yunsick Sung, Keimyung University, Korea, yunsick.kmu@gmail.com

KIPS office
 Mr. YM. Song, KIPS Director, min@kips.or.kr