The discount hotel reservation link at conference venue is available. Please take advantage of the conference group rate before August 5, 2011.

Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be published in special issues of Journal of Information Science (Elsevier, IF=3.29), International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley) and IEEE System Journal.

The program is available now.

LNCS 6905 is now available online. You can find information about it at http://www.springeronline.com/978-3-642-23640-2 or access the online version at http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-23640-2/.

   Ubiquitous sensors, devices, networks and information are paving the way towards a smart world in which computational intelligence is distributed throughout the physical environment to provide reliable and relevant services to people. This ubiquitous intelligence will change the computing landscape because it will enable new breeds of applications and systems to be developed and the realm of computing possibilities will be significantly extended. By enhancing everyday objects with intelligence, many tasks and processes could be simplified, the physical spaces where people interact like the workplaces and homes, could become more efficient, safer and more enjoyable. Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing, uses these many “smart things or u-things” to create smart environments, services and applications.

   A smart thing can be endowed with different levels of intelligence, and may be context-aware, active, interactive, reactive, proactive, assistive, adaptive, automated, sentient, perceptual, cognitive, autonomic and/or thinking. Research on ubiquitous intelligence is an emerging research field covering many disciplines. A series of grand challenges exist to move from the current level of computing services to the smart world of adaptive and intelligent services. Started in 2005, the series of UIC conferences has been held in Taipei, Nagasaki, Three Gorges (China), Hong Kong, Oslo, Brisbane, Xi’an. UIC 2011 will include a highly selective program of technical papers, accompanied by workshops, panel discussions and keynote speeches. Established as a premier venue in the area of ubiquitous intelligence and computing, UIC 2011 will offer a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and experiences in developing intelligent/smart objects, environments and systems.

1. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Systems

    Sensor, Ad Hoc, Mesh & P2P Networks    

    Social Networking and Computing    

    Knowledge Representation and Ontology    

    Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems    

    Middleware and Intelligent Platforms    

    Intelligent Services and Architectures    

    Agents, Swarm and Context-aware Systems    

    Nature-inspired Intelligent Systems    

2. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Environments

    Smart Room, Home, Office, Laboratory    

    Smart Shop, Hospital, Campus, City, etc.    

    Smart Vehicle, Road, Traffic & Transportation    

    Healthcare and Elder/Child Care Services    

    Pervasive/Ubiquitous Media and Services    

    Pervasive Learning, Games, Entertainment    

    Other Intelligent/Smart Applications    

3. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Objects

    Electronic Labels, Cards, E-Tags and RFID    

    Embedded Chips, Sensors & Actuators    

    MEMS, NEMS, Micro & Biometric Devices    

    Smart Appliances and Wearable Devices    

    Material, Textile, Cloth, Furniture, etc.    

    Embedded Software and Agents    

    Interaction to Smart Objects/Devices    

    Smart Object OS and Programming    

4. Personal/Social/Physical Aspects

    Real/Cyber World Modeling and Semantics    

    User/Object Identity and Activity Recognition    

    Adaptive User Interfaces and Tools    

    Security, Privacy, Safety and Legal Issues    

    Emotional, Ethical and Psychological Factors    

    Implication & Impact of Ubiquitous Intelligence    

    Relations between Real and Cyber Worlds