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Please send to interested colleagues and students. ************************************************************************ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The 11th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2005) August 17 - 19, 2005 Langham Hotel, Hong Kong Organized by Department of CS Hong Kong Baptist University Sponsored by the IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Chapter, and IEEE Computer Society, Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems ======================================================================== Links ----- Conference Homepage http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~rtcsa2005/ Registration http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~rtcsa2005/news/registration.html Advance Program http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~rtcsa2005/news/advance_program.html ======================================================================== Scope of the Conference ----------------------- The 11th IEEE RTCSA will bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry for advancing the technology of embedded and real-time systems and ubiquitous computing applications. The conference has the following goals: 1. to investigate advances in embedded and real-time systems and ubiquitous computing applications; 2. to promote interaction among the areas of embedded computing, real-time computing and ubiquitous computing; 3. to evaluate the maturity and directions of embedded and real-time system and ubiquitous computing technology. ======================================================================== Registration ------------ The registration form is located at http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~rtcsa2005/news/registration.html The deadline for early-bird registration is 17 July, 2005. ======================================================================== Conference Highlights --------------------- This year, in additional to 2 keynote speeches, we have 8 invited papers as follows. They are presented by key researchers and developers of big projects with high impacts from different regions including USA, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. *** Embedded Sensing of Structures: A Reality Check Krishna Chintalapudi, Jeong Paek, Ramesh Govindan, and Erik Johnson *** ExScal: Elements of an Extreme Scale Wireless Sensor Networks Anish Arora et al *** An Overview of the VigilNet Architecture T. He, L. Luo, T. Yan, L. Gu, Q. Cao, G. Zhou, R. Stoleru, P. Vicaire, Q. Cao, J. Stankovic, S. H. Son, and T. Abdelzaher *** Model Based Development of Automotive Embedded Systems: A Case of Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) Won-Hyun Oh, Hyoung Geun Kwon, Jung Hee Lee, and Hyoung Jin Yoon *** Distributed Real-Time Processing for Humanoid Robots Toshihiro Matsui, Nobuyuki Yamasaki, Yutaka Ishikawa, Hirohisa Hirukawa, and Satoshi Kagami *** Status of the CAS/HKUST Joint Project BLOSSOMS Lionel M. Ni, Li Cui, Qiong Luo, Hoi-lun Ngan, and Ze Zhao *** Development of Architecture and Software Technologies in High-Performance Low-Power SOC Design Chih-Wen Hsueh, Tien-Fu Chen, Rong-Guey Chang, and Shi-Wu Lo *** Reconfigurable Platform for Content Science Researches Chi-Sheng Shih, Chia-Lin Yang, Mong-Kai Ku, Tei-Wei Kuo, Shao-Yi Chien, Yao- Wen Chang, and Liang-Gee Chen In addition, there are three parallel sessions of regular papers from researchers and practitioners working in the frontier of real-time computing, ubiquitous computing and embedded computing in academia and industry. This year, we received 144 full paper submissions, a record-breaking number, from 21 countries and regions including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Macau, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Tunisia, and USA. Advance program can be found at http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/~rtcsa2005/news/advance_program.html =========================================================================== Advisory Committee ------------------ Insup Lee, U. Penn., USA Jane Liu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Al Mok, UT Austin, USA Seung-Kyu Park, Ajou U., Korea Heonshik Shin, SNU, Korea Kang G. Shin, U. Michigan, USA Kenji Toda, AIST, Japan Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio U., Japan Steering Committee ------------------ Tei-wei Kuo, NTU, Taiwan Jorgen Hansson. Linkoping, Sweden Seongsoo Hong, SNU, Korea Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda U, Japan Joseph K. Ng, HKBU, HK Sang H. Son, U. Virginia, USA Organizing Committee -------------------- General Co-Chairs ================= Joseph K. Ng, HKBU, HK Lui Sha, UIUC, USA Program Co-Chairs ================= Real-Time Computing Track Victor C. S. Lee, CityU, HK Ubiquitous Computing Track Kazunori Takashio, Keio U, Japan Embedded Computing Track Minsoo Ryu, HanYang U, Korea Industry Track Lionel Ni, HKUST, HK Finance ======= Henry Chan, PolyU, HK Registration ============ C. H. Li, HKBU, HK Publication =========== Kelvin Wong, HKBU, HK Local Arrangement ================= Karl Leung, HKIVE, HK Leah Poon, HKBU, HK Publicity ========= Richard West, Boston U, USA Heonshik Shin, SNU, Korea Tatsuo Nakajima, Waseda U, Japan Tei-Wei Kuo, NTU, Taiwan Program Committee ----------------- Ai-Chun Pang Taiwan Albert M. K. Cheng USA Alessio Bechini Italy Aloysius K. Mok USA Andrei Stefan Singapore Anton Cervin Sweden Bruno Sadeg France C.K. Poon Hong Kong Chang-Gun Lee USA ChengKe Wu China Chih-Wen Huseh Taiwan Chi-Sheng (Daniel) Shih Taiwan Claude Duvallet France Daeyoung Kim Korea David Taniar Australia Dik L. Lee Hong Kong Dong Xuan USA Evaggelia Pitoura Greece Farn Wang Taiwan Giorgio Buttazzo Italy Hans Hansson Sweden Hidenori Nakazato Japan Hiroaki Takada Japan Hong-Va Leong Hong Kong Iain Bate UK Insup Lee USA Jan Lindstrom Finland Jiandong Li China Jianhua Ma Japan Jianliang Xu Hong Kong Jiannong Cao Hong Kong Jing Chen Taiwan Jyh-Charn (Steve) Liu USA Krithi Ramamritham India Kwei-Jay Lin USA Kwok-Wa Lam Hong Kong Laurence Yang Canada Le Gruenwald USA Leonard Barolli Japan LihChyun Shu Taiwan Lui Sha USA Makoto Takizawa Japan Mikael Nolin Sweden MingLu Li China Nimal Nissanke UK Oleg Sokolsky USA Petru Eles Sweden Raj Rajkumar USA Samarjit Chakraborty Singapore Sang H. Son USA Sang Lyul Min Korea SangKeun Lee Korea Sanjay Madria USA Sanjoy K. Baruah USA Tarek Abdelzaher USA Timothy K. Shih Taiwan Tom Henzinger USA Vincent S. M. Tseng Taiwan Wang Yi Sweden Wang-Chien Lee USA Wei Zhao USA Weidong Kou China Wei-Kuan Shih Taiwan Wolfgang A. Halang Germany Xiang Liu China Yann-Hang Lee USA Yoshiaki Kakuda Japan Young-Kuk Kim Korea ZhaoHui Wu China Zoubir Mammeri France Zied Choukair France