<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>[ We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message ]</div><div><br></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------</div><div> RTCSA 2013 Call for Papers</div><div> web site: <a href="http://www.rtcsa.org/">http://www.rtcsa.org/</a></div><div>-----------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>The 19th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and </div><div>Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, August </div><div>19 - 21, 2013, Taipei, Taiwan</div><div><br></div><div>Embedded software has become a necessity in almost every </div><div>aspect of our daily life. The types of embedded software </div><div>range from self-contained applications to those embedded in</div><div>various devices and services, such as mobile phones, vital </div><div>sign sensors, medication dispensers, home appliances, </div><div>engine ignition systems, etc. Many such systems are mission</div><div>/life-critical and performance-sensitive. The 19th IEEE </div><div>International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing</div><div>Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2013) will bring together </div><div>researchers and developers from academia and industry for </div><div>the advancing of the technology of embedded and real-time </div><div>systems, and ubiquitous computing applications. The conference </div><div>aims at the investigation of the advances in embedded and </div><div>real-time systems and ubiquitous computing applications, the </div><div>promoting of interaction among people in the areas of embedded </div><div>computing, real-time computing and ubiquitous computing, and </div><div>the evaluating of the maturity and directions of embedded and </div><div>real-time system and ubiquitous computing technology. RTCSA </div><div>2013 invites submissions of papers with a high quality original </div><div>research and development for the conference tracks: </div><div>(1) Embedded Systems, (2) Real-time Systems, and (3) Ubiquitous </div><div>Computing/Cyber-physical Systems.</div><div><br></div><div>SCOPES: Following the tradition of IEEE RTCSA, the conference </div><div>has three tracks: embedded systems, real-time systems, and </div><div>ubiquitous computing. The topics of interest include, but are </div><div>not limited to:</div><div><br></div><div>EMBEDDED SYSTEMS TRACK: </div><div>-System level design and HW/SW co-design </div><div>-Embedded system design practices </div><div>-Operating systems and scheduling </div><div>-Software and compiler issues for heterogeneous multi-core </div><div> embedded platform </div><div>-Embedded system architecture </div><div>-Networks-on-chip design </div><div>-Power/thermal-aware design issues </div><div>-Memory issues for multi-core embedded platform </div><div>-Hardware and software techniques for fault tolerance </div><div>-Reconfigurable computing architecture and software support</div><div><br></div><div>REAL-TIME SYSTEMS TRACK:</div><div>-Real-time operating systems</div><div>-Real-time scheduling</div><div>-Timing analysis</div><div>-Programming languages and run-time systems </div><div>-Middleware systems </div><div>-Design and analysis tools </div><div>-Communication networks and protocols </div><div>-Media processing and transmissions </div><div>-Real-time aspects of wireless sensor networks </div><div>-Energy aware real-time methods </div><div>-Databases </div><div>-Case studies and applications</div><div><br></div><div>UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING/CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS TRACK: </div><div>-Real-time issues in ubiquitous computing and cyber-physical </div><div> systems </div><div>-Tools, infrastructures and architectures for ubiquitous </div><div> computing and cyber-physical systems </div><div>-Devices and enabling technologies for ubiquitous computing </div><div> and cyber-physical systems </div><div>-Design and verification methodologies for cyber-physical systems </div><div>-Applications of wireless sensor networks </div><div>-Ubiquitous computing applications </div><div>-Cyber-physical systems applications </div><div>-User interfaces and interaction design issues for ubiquitous </div><div> computing </div><div>-Privacy and security issues and implications of ubiquitous </div><div> computing </div><div>-Location-dependent and context-aware computing </div><div>-Evaluation methods for ubiquitous computing devices, systems, </div><div> and applications</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regular Paper Submission:</div><div><br></div><div>The submitted manuscript must describe original work not </div><div>previously published and not concurrently submitted elsewhere. </div><div>Submissions should be no more than 10 pages in the IEEE </div><div>conference proceedings format (two-column, single-space, 10pt). </div><div>Conference content will be submitted for inclusion into </div><div>IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. </div><div>The prospective authors should submit their papers through </div><div><a href="http://rtcsa.org/Submissions.aspx">http://rtcsa.org/Submissions.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Work-in-Progress Session:</div><div><br></div><div>This session provides an opportunity for researchers attending </div><div>IEEE RTCSA to present and discuss their research. More detailed </div><div>information is available on the web.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>ACM TECS Special issue:</div><div><br></div><div>There will be a special issue of RTCSA in ACM Transactions of </div><div>Embedded Computing Systems. Selected best papers will be </div><div>invited to submit an extended version to the special issue </div><div>for further review. More information on the special issue </div><div>please see <a href="http://www.rtcsa.org/">http://www.rtcsa.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Important Dates:</div><div><br></div><div>Paper Submission: March 31, 2013</div><div>Acceptance Notification: May 24, 2013</div><div>Camera Ready Version: June 3, 2013</div><div><br></div><div>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:</div><div><br></div><div>General Co-Chairs:</div><div><br></div><div>-Tei-Wei Kuo, Academia Sinica & National Taiwan University, Taiwan </div><div>-Lothar Thiele, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zuerich, </div><div> Switzerland </div><div><br></div><div>Program Co-Chairs:</div><div><br></div><div>Embedded Systems: </div><div>-Li-Pin Chang, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan</div><div>Real-Time Systems:</div><div>-Chris Gill, Washington University, St. Louis, USA</div><div>Ubicomp/CPS:</div><div>-Jin Nakazawa, Keio University, Japan</div></body></html>