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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Hi
all,</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Please
consider submitting to <b>MobiCASE 2014 in Austin, Texas, </b>a confluence
between academia and industry on mobile computing, applications and services
research, sponsored by the European Alliance for Innovation. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The
papers and notes submission deadlines are approaching - July 16 (for abstracts)
and July 21 (final submission deadline). The plain text CFP is listed below.
for further information visit: <a href="http://mobicase.org/2014/">http://mobicase.org/2014/</a></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>In
addition, please help spread awareness of the conference by tweeting to
@mobicase, using #mobicase2014, or "liking" our Facebook page at: <a
href="https://www.facebook.com/MobiCASE">https://www.facebook.com/MobiCASE</a></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Apologies
to those of you who have received this message multiple times. You are
receiving this email through <span>ecoop-info@ecoop.org</span>.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Best,</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Robert
LiKamWa</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>roblkw@rice.edu</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>MobiCASE
Publicity Co-chair</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Rice
University ECE Ph.D. Student</span></p>
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Announcement and Preliminary Call for Papers</span></b></p>
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MOBICASE 2014</span></b></p>
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http://mobicase.org/2014/</span></b></p>
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The Sixth International Conference on </span></b></p>
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Mobile Computing, Applications and Services</span></b></p>
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November 06-07, 2014, Austin (Texas, USA)</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>MobiCASE,
the International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services,</span></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> is a confluence between
academia and industry on mobile applications and services research. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Now,
in its sixth edition, MobiCASE is a leading scientific forum for cutting-edge
research results in mobile computing, applications, and services. As in
previous years, MobiCASE 2014 is scheduled to include high-quality paper
presentation sessions revealing the latest in mobile computing research,
industry demos of exciting mobile applications and services, and participant
engagement in hands-on projects and tutorials. </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Relevant
topics of interest</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
include, but are not limited to:</span></p>
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Anticipatory Computing -- e.g., predictive systems that could power mobile
services such as Microsoft Cortana or Google Now </span></p>
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Mobile Advertising -- e.g., location-based search and the recommendation of
goods/services</span></p>
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Energy Efficiency -- e.g., approaches for coping with battery limits </span></p>
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Mobile Payments -- e.g., NFC-based services and other emerging technologies</span></p>
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Mobile User Interfaces -- e.g., utilizing voice, eyes, gestures</span></p>
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Mobile Sensing ‹ e.g., continuous sensing, mobile vision, mHealth</span></p>
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Wearable Platforms and Smartphones -- e.g., software support, prototype
hardware, sensing modalities</span></p>
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Mobile development tools and testing methodologies -- e.g., bug reporting,
malware identification</span></p>
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App Distribution Channels and Stores -- e.g., the next steps in the evolution
of app stores</span></p>
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Location-based Social Networks and Media -- e.g., studies of existing or novel
mobile social platforms</span></p>
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Mobile Cloud Computing and Mobile Web support -- e.g., personal clouds, and
proposed new architectures and standards </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>PRESENTATION
& PUBLICATION</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>All
accepted papers will be presented at MobiCASE. Papers will be published in the
MobiCASE Conference Proceedings and by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes of
ICST (LNICST). The proceedings will be available both in book form and via the
SpringerLink digital library. Selected papers will be published also in the EAI
Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>IMPORTANT
DATES</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Abstract
Registration: 16 July 23:59 GMT</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Submission
Deadline: 21 July 23:59 GMT </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Notification
Date: 16 Sept </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Camera-ready
deadline: 16 Oct</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>For
more information, including submission requirements and links to previous MobiCASE
conferences, please visit <a href="http://mobicase.org">http://mobicase.org</a></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>General
Chairs: Christine Julien, University of Texas -- Austin</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>TPC
co-Chairs: Nic Lane, Microsoft Research</span></p>
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Shivakant Mishra, University of Colorado -- Boulder</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Poster/Demo
Chair: Jamie Payton, University of North Carolina -- Charlotte</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Publicity
co-Chairs: Youngki Lee, Singapore Management University</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
Robert LiKamWa, Rice University</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Social
Media Chair: Sarfraz Nawaz, University of Cambridge</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Local
Chair: Mina Guirguis, Texas State University -- San Marcos</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>STEERING
COMMITTEE</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Martin
Griss, Carnegie Mellon University -- Silicon Valley </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thomas
Phan, Samsung R&D </span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Petros
Zerfos, IBM Research</span></p>
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