IFAWC

5th International Forum
on Applied Wearable Computing

 

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IFAWC - The Fifth International Forum on Applied Wearable Computing
September 28th - October 1st, 2008
Part of the 12th IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computing
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Important dates and information

  • Deadline for full-paper submission: July 1st, 2008
  • Deadline for posters, demonstrations and videos: July 1st, 2008
  • Notification of acceptance: August 1st, 2008

IFAWC will provide a snapshot of cutting edge research in the application of wearable computers. To this end original contributions are sought in relevant areas including (but not limited to):

  • Activity and context recognition
  • Sensors and sensor networks
  • User interfaces
  • Evaluation methods 
  • Specific applications and their evaluation 
  • Social aspects 
  • Wearable computer systems engineering 
  • Middleware, Development tools and methods 
  • Integration technologies including textile electronics 
  • Industrial case studies 

IFAWC will be complemented by a number of scientific demonstrations and industrial exhibits. Junior researchers are espechially encouraged to present work-in-progress in the poster session. The organizers will make available a small number of travel grants to authors of accepted papers and demonstrations. To apply for a travel grant, please contact the publicity chair, Michael Lawo, at mlawo@tzi.de.

Final documents should use the Springer LNCS Proceedings style, available at http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-164-2-72376-0,00.html

The organizing committee of IFAWC 2008 invites authors to submit original and previously unpublished scientific work. Submission for full papers (12 pages maximum) or posters (6 pages maximum) should be submitted electronically through the EDAS submission website in pdf format by midnight CET on July 1st, 2008. All submissions will be reviewed by three members of the international program committee. To submit a proposal for a scientific demonstration, please submit a 2- page abstract through EDAS, containing a description of the demonstration, an explanation of its importance to the scientific community and the requirements for the demonstration (space, power and/or network connection). As in the previous years, the proceedings including papers, posters and demo abstracts will be published at the VDE Verlag..

EDAS Submission for IFAWC2008: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=6127