Dear Colleagues,
　　
Please consider submitting a paper to Ubi-HealthTech 2013.
　　
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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　　　 Ubi-HealthTech 2013
　　　 1st Int. Symposium on Future Information and Communication Technologies for Ubiquitous HealthCare
　　　 July 1-3, 2013
　　　 Jinhua, China
　　　 www.ubi-healthtech2013.org
　　　　　 IEEE Communications Society technical sponsorship and IEEE Xplore publication of Ubi-HealthTech 2013 Proceedings
　　
　 Important Dates
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　　　 - Submission deadline: May 5, 2013
　　　 - Notification Date: May 21, 2013
　　　 - Camera-ready Deadline: June 15, 2013
　　Topics of Interest:
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The First International Symposium on Future Information and Communication Technologies for Ubiquitous HealthCare (Ubi-HealthTech) aims to bring together experts in engineering, communications, physical sciences, and health sciences as well as computer and computation specialists with the common goal of applying information and communication technologies for Ubiquitous-healthcare and Ubiquitous-environment systems and applications - two areas that are at the top of the agenda is most countries around the globe.
　　
Some of the topics to be covered by top specialists from around the globe include:
　　　 - Smarter homes, smarter medical centers, smarter planet, better healthcare
　　　 - Emerging information and communication technologies for U-Health
　　　 - Pervasive and ubiquitous wireless health systems, networks and services
　　　 - Wearable and implantable wireless sensors for U-Health
　　　 - Medical electronics for better healthcare
　　　 - Biomedical and biosensors engineering
　　　 - Advanced technologies for emerging applications in U-Health
　　　 - U-Health for aging
　　　 - Emerging U-Health applications and architectures
　　　 - ICT systems for personal healthcare
　　　 - Security, privacy and intrusion detection on healthcare systems
　　　 - Scalability and reliability issues on healthcare
　　　 - Network protocols and architectures for healthcare
　　　 - Cloud computing for healthcare systems
　　　 - Cross-layer optimization and design
　　　 - Cooperative and compressive sensing
　　　 - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination
　　　 - Data transport and management in healthcare systems
　　　 - Scalable monitoring applications with sensors, actuators, smart phones, and other wireless mobile devices
　　　 - Localization and location based services
　　　 - Traffic characterization, performance evaluation and modeling of healthcare systems
　　　 - Modeling and fault tolerance for smart living
　　　 - Long-term deployments, mobility management and seamless internetworking
　　　 - Operating systems and middleware support
　　　 - Power-aware architectures, algorithms, and protocols
　　　 - Resource management and QoS provisioning
　　
　　　The symposium will include oral presentations of theoretical and experimental achievements, innovative U-Health systems, prototyping efforts, case studies and advances in technology related to U-healthcare & Smart Homes.
　　
Papers should describe original, previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal.
　　　 - Authors should clearly identify how their considered topics relate to issues on Ubiquitous Healthcare Communication Systems, applications and services.
　　　 - Proposals describing an overall working system are particularly of interest.
　　　 - Papers are limited to 6 printed pages (including figures and references). Accepted papers will be presented orally.
　　　 - Papers must follow the standard IEEE conference template (two column, single-spaced, 10 point font, etc.)
　　　 - Papers must be submitted online via EDAS link (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=14631) in the conference website, and must be in Adobe Acrobat PDF.
　　　 - Accepted and presented papers will be published in IEEE Xplore and be EI indexed.
　　　 - Best selected papers will be published in the **International Journal on E-Health and Medical Communications (IJEHMC)**.
　　
Technical Program Committee
　　　 T. Russell Hsing　　　　　　　　　 Peking University, China, and Jiao Tung University, Taiwan
　　　 Aravind Kailas　　　　　　　　　　 University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA
　　　 Ahmed Mehaoua　　　　　　　　　　　Univ. of Paris Descartes, France
　　　 Joel Rodrigues　　　　　　　　　　 University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
　　　 Anpeng Huang　　　　　　　　　　　 Peking University, P.R. China
　　　 Masayuki IWAI　　　　　　　　　　　University of Tokyo, Japan
　　　 Jamel Deen　　　　　　　　　　　　 Mc Master University, Canada
　　　 Hassine Moungla　　　　　　　　　　University of Paris Descartes,France
　　　 Yabo Dong　　　　　　　　　　　　　Zhejiang　University, P.R. China
　　　 Yuehui Jin　　　　　　　　　　　　 Beijing　University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
　　　 Norbert Noury　　　　　　　　　　　University of Lyon, France
　　　 Stefano Paris　　　　　　　　　　　Univ. of Paris Descartes, France
　　　 Jin Xiao　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Postech Univ., Korea
　　　 Osman Salem　　　　　　　　　　　　Univ. of Paris Descartes, France
　　　 Shihong Zou　　　　　　　　　　　　Beijing　University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
　　　 Yacine Hadjaj-Aoul　　　　　　　　 Univ. of Rennes, France
　　　 Ahmed Karmouch　　　　　　　　　　 Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
　　　 Yeon-Joo Son　　　　　　　　　　　 KT, Korea, Korea Telecom, Korea
　　　 Francine Krief　　　　　　　　　　 LABRI, Univ. of Bordeaux, France
　　　 Kyo Kang　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Postech univ., Korea
　　　 Yidong Cui　　　　　　　　　　　　 Beijing　 University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
　　　 Munir El-Desouki　　　　　　　　　 King Abdulaziz City for Sci. and Tech., Saudi Arabia
　　　 Mehrdad Nourani　　　　　　　　　　Univ. of Texas at Dallas, USA
　　　 Tapas Mondal　　　　　　　　　　　 McMaster Univ., Canada
　　　 Yacine Ghamri-doudane　　　　　　　ENSIIE-Evry, France
　　　 Xiaodong Wang　　　　　　　　　　　Zhejiang normal univercity, China
　　　 Haoran Zhang　　　　　　　　　　　 Zhejiang normal univercity, China
　　　 Hui Wang　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Zhejiang normal univercity, China
　　　 Chunjiang Duanmu　　　　　　　　　 Zhejiang normal univercity, China
　　　 Dewu Xu　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Zhejiang normal univercity, China
　　　General Chairs:
　　　 Jianmin Zhao, Zhejiang Normal Univ., China
　　　 Jamal Deen, Mc Master Univ., Canada
　　
TPC Chairs:
　　　 Ahmed Mehaoua, Univ. of Paris Descartes, France
　　　 Hui Wang, Zhejiang Normal Uni., China
　　
Publicity Chairs
　　　 Osman Salem, Univ. of Paris Descartes, France
　　　 Shihong Zou, Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications, China
　　
Financial Chair
　　　 Zhangxing Wu, Zhejiang Normal Univ., China
　　
Publication Chair
　　　 Stefano Paris, Univ. of Paris Descartes, France
　　
Local Organizing committee Chairs
　　　 Hui Wang, Zhejiang Normal Univ., China
　　　 Zefeng Hu, Zhejiang Normal Univ., China
　　
Steering Committee Chair
　　　 Joel Rodrigues, Univ. of Beira Interior, Portugal