==================== The 4th International Conference on Human-centric Computing (HumanCom-11) Enshi, China on August 11-13, 2011 http://grid.hust.edu.cn/HumanCom2011/ ==================== Introduction ====== The HumanCom-11 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of human-centric computing for advances in computer science and its applications. The HumanCom-11 will provide an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of human-centric computing. In addition, the conference will publish high quality papers which are closely related to the various theories and practical applications in human-centric computing. Furthermore, we expect that the conference and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject. The HumanCom-11 is the next event, in a series of highly successful International Conference on Human-centric Computing, previously held as HumanCom-10, Philippines, August 2010 ; CSA-09, Korea, December 2009 and CSA-08, Australia, October 2008. Topics ====== The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Track 1. Human-computer interaction and User-centered Design Track 2. Social computing and social intelligence Track 3. Ubiquitous computing and mobile systems Track 4. Desktop Virtualization Track 5. Gaming Track 6. Computer-assisted Learning and Cognition Track 7. Privacy, Security and trust management Track 8. Human-centered Evaluation Track 9. Information Visualization and Visual Analytics Track 10. Semantic Systems Schedule ======== Workshop proposals due: Feb. 25, 2011 Submission due: April 10, 2011 Author Notification: April 25, 2011 Final Manuscript Due: May 10, 2011 Conference: August 11-13, 2011 Submissions =========== The conference and workshop proceedings will be published by Conference Publishing Services. Papers not exceed 8 pages with free layout style should be submitted via http://cse.stfx.ca/~humancom2011/sub/ (Will be open on 1th., March) And workshop submitted papers are within 4-8 pages. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, if the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference. Otherwise papers will be removed from IEEE CS digital library. A selection of the best papers will be published in special issues of some SCIE/EI indexed journals, including - International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience - Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA Publishing - Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS) -Springer - Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS) - KIPS Call for Workshops =========== We encourage researches to submit their workshop proposals (according to the guidelines available at HumanCom-11 web site to Prof. Qun Jin (jin@waseda.jp) and Prof. Deqing Zou (deqingzou@hust.edu.cn) with the subject "HumanCom-11 WORKSHOP PROPOSAL". Tour after conference =========== After conference, we will set up a tour in Enshi. Contact =========== If you have any questions about the CFPs and papers submission, please email to Dr. Xiaofei Liao (hustliaoxf@gmail.com).