Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSION DUE DATE: September 30, 2009 SPECIAL ISSUE ON Information Retrieval, Decision Making Processes and User Needs in Ubiquitous Computing International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAPUC) Guest Editors: Rahat Iqbal, Coventry University, UK Anne James, Coventry University, UK John Halloran, Coventry University, UK INTRODUCTION: The International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAPUC) invites authors to submit papers for a special issue on Information Retrieval, Decision Making Processes and User Needs in Ubiquitous Computing. The special issue follows the iUBICOM 2009 workshop on the same topic held on 6th July 2009 at the University of Birmingham in association with the 26th British National Conference on Databases. This call is open to researchers who did not attend the workshop or the conference. OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE: A particular focus of the special issue will be how user needs could be incorporated into the enhanced design of ubiquitous computing systems such as smart homes, assistive technologies, and collaborative systems. Such systems capture information of various types in order to make decisions which meet human needs, depending on the context. In order to design and develop systems which can be successfully deployed, it is necessary to take user needs into account from the outset.   We wish to attract a wide range of papers addressing the design of such systems, and demonstrating results. We expect submissions from different practitioners and researchers working in a variety of application and domain areas. RECOMMENDED TOPICS: Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following: * User-centered design approaches for ubiquitous systems * Collaborative and mobile computing * Smart homes * Assistive technology * Requirements engineering methods for ubiquitous and collaborative systems * Ethnographically-informed system design * Context aware systems * User modeling * Approaches, methods and techniques for information representation and retrieval SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on Information Retrieval, Decision Making Processes and User Needs in Ubiquitous Computing on or before September 30, 2009. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations. ABOUT the International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAPUC) is a refereed, international journal that specializes in publishing any work that deals with aspects of the emerging pervasive and ubiquitous computing field relevant to the Information Systems discipline. Published articles may include coverage of challenges, opportunities, problems, trends, and solutions encountered by both scholars and practitioners in the field of Information Systems. IJAPUC emphasizes pervasive and ubiquitous aspects of Information Systems. Articles published in IJAPUC deal with a vast number of issues concerning usage, failure, success, policies, strategies, and applications of information systems in emerging pervasive and ubiquitous computing environments. This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association www.igi-global.com/ijapuc Editor-in-Chief: Judith Symonds Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) PUBLISHER: The International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (IJAPUC) is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. All submissions should be directed to the attention of: Rahat Iqbal, r.iqbal@coventry.ac.uk Anne James, a.james@coventry.ac.uk John Halloran, j.halloran@coventry.ac.uk