uic 2012

Retrospect of Autonomic Computing and its Influences on the Recent ComputingTrends
Dr. Kazuo Iwano, Advisor, Business Service Group, Mitsubishi Corporation

Keynote Talk 2

Securability: the Key Challenge for Autonomic and Trusted Computing
Professor Miroslaw Malek, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Keynote Talk 3

Trust Management and Privacy Preservation in Wireless and Sensor Networks
Professor Wanlei Zhou, Deakin University, Australia

Keynote Talk 4

Autonomous Distributed Systems of Mobile Robots
Professor Masafumi Yamashita, Kyushu University, Japan

Panel Discussion

IEEE UIC/ATC Joint Panel on Smart Planet Challenges: Impediments and Enablers

Panel Chair:	Prof. Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA
Panelists:	Professor Dr. Christian Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany Prof. Wanlei Zhou, Deakin University, Australia Prof. Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Prof. Jadwiga Indulska, University of Queensland, Australia

ICA3PP 2012 Panel on Future and Challenges of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Panel Chair:	Prof. Xu Huang, University of Canberra, Australia
Panelists:	Prof. Miroslaw Malek, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Prof. Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Prof. Koji Nakano, Hiroshima University, Japan Prof. Camille Coti, University of Paris North (Paris XIII), France

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Sponsored by:
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Technical Commitee on Scalable Computing
Fukuoka Convention and Visitors Bureau (FCVB)

In-cooperation with:
The Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
The IPSJ Special Interest Group on Distributed Processing Systems (IPSJ SIG-DPS)
The IPSJ Special Interest Group on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Communication (IPSJ SIG-MBL)
The IEICE Special Interest Group on Dependable Computing (IEICE SIG-DC)

Ubiquitous sensors, devices, networks and information are paving the way towards a smart world in which computational intelligence is distributed throughout the physical environment to provide reliable and relevant services to people. This ubiquitous intelligence will change the computing landscape because it will enable new breeds of applications and systems to be developed and the realm of computing possibilities will be significantly extended. By enhancing everyday objects with intelligence, many tasks and processes could be simplified, the physical spaces where people interact like the workplaces and homes, could become more efficient, safer and more enjoyable. Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing, uses these many "smart things or u-things" to create smart environments, services and applications.

A smart thing can be endowed with different levels of intelligence, and may be context-aware, active, interactive, reactive, proactive, assistive, adaptive, automated, sentient, perceptual, cognitive, autonomic and/or thinking. Research on ubiquitous intelligence is an emerging research field covering many disciplines. A series of grand challenges exist to move from the current level of computing services to the smart world of adaptive and intelligent services. Started in 2005, the series of UIC conferences has been held in Taipei, Nagasaki, Three Gorges (China), Hong Kong, Oslo, Brisbane, Xian, Banff. UIC 2012 will include a highly selective program of technical papers, accompanied by workshops, panel discussions and keynote speeches. Established as a premier venue in the area of ubiquitous intelligence and computing, UIC 2012 will offer a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and experiences in developing intelligent/smart objects, environments and systems.