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                           CALL FOR PAPERS


    Common Models and Patterns for Pervasive Computing (CMPPC 2007)
     at the Fifth International Conference on Pervasive Computing

                      Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                           May 13-16, 2007

                    http://www.magic.ubc.ca/cmppc/
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Researchers have been developing platforms for pervasive computing for
more than 15 years.  While significant advancements have been made
during this time, now is the time to take stock and align on some key
issues to continue the rapid rate of progress and facilitate the wider
deployment of pervasive systems.  The goal of CMPPC 2007 is to provide
a forum to identify and address these issues.  Formal definition and
classification of pervasive systems, the determination of common
abstractions, models, and best practices for the design and
implementation of such systems are some of the expected topics for
discussion.  Examples of systems used in multiple projects and
research groups will be valuable in informing the participants.  A
critical issue for resolution at this workshop will be the
determination of some techniques and benchmarks for effective
evaluation of such systems.  The anticipated outcome of CMPPC 2007 is
a framework for unifying the pervasive and ubiquitous systems
community around a set of common models, patterns and best practices
for pervasive systems design, implementation and evaluation.

Topics: 
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The workshop focuses on articulating and addressing key impediments to
research in pervasive systems.  These include topics in the following
areas:

* Formal classifications of ubicomp systems (definitions, layers,
  components)

* Common abstractions, models and design patterns toward interoperability
  and portability

* Common approaches to technologies, platforms and toolkits such as the
  use of open source projects.

* Examples of pervasive systems used and supported by multiple projects
  and research groups avoiding reinvention and rework.

* Techniques and benchmarks for the effective evaluation of ubicomp
  systems, such as the development of a representative set of scenarios
  for testing and comparison, approaches to simulation.


Submission Guidelines:
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To participate in this workshop, attendees must submit a 1-2 page
position paper.  Accepted position papers will be presented at an
introductory session, and a selection of these papers will be selected
for a panel discussion.  Paper submissions will be selected based on
their originality, merit, and relevance to the workshop. All accepted
papers must be presented during the workshop. Please visit
http://www.magic.ubc.ca/cmppc/ or email cmppc@magic.ubc.ca if you have
any questions.

Important Dates:
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Paper submission .......... January 26, 2007

Acceptance notifications .. March 2, 2007

Workshop date ............. May 13, 2007


Workshop Organizers
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* Michael Blackstock, UBC, Canada

* Roy Campbell, UIUC

* Rodger Lea, UBC

* Adrian Friday, Lancaster U.

* Allan Messer, Samsung Electronics


Program Committee
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* John Barton, IBM

* Cristiano di Flora, Nokia

* Charles Krasic, UBC

* Nitya Narasimhan, Motorola

* Maarten Wegdam, Alcatel-Lucent (Bell Labs) & University of Twente