Event:AINA 2004

The International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2004) will be held in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan in March 29 - 31, 2004. It will include sessions on all aspects of theory, design and application of computer networks and distributed computing systems. Aside the regular presentation, the AINA meeting will include keynote addresses with speakers from both industry and academia.

Topics

Prospective authors are invited to propose papers in any of the following areas:

• Communication Protocols and Architecture
• Fault-tolerant Distributed Systems
• Broadband Wireless Communications
• Groupware
• Security and Privacy
• Multi-agent Systems
• Distributed Database Systems
• Personal Communication Systems
• Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
• Network-based Computing Systems
• Novel Applications of Internet
• Quality of Services
• Internetworking and WWW
• Communication Software
• High-speed Communications
• Distance Learning Systems
• Multimedia Communications and Systems
• Grid and Cluster Computing
• Network-based Computer Graphics System
• Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
• Parallel and Distributed Systems Architecture
• Ad-Hoc Networks
• Peer-to-peer (P2P) Systems

Organizing Committee

• Honorary co-chairs:
  • Kazuo Aoki, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
  • Shoichi Noguchi, SFAIS, Japan

• International Advisory Committee
  • Itsujiro Arita, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
  • Wen-Tsuen Chen, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan
  • Frank Hsu, Fordham University, USA
  • Haruhisa Ishida, Tama Art University, Japan
  • Jiro Iwashige, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
  • Gezim Karapici, Tirana Polytechnical University, Albania
  • Kane Kim, UC. Irvine, USA
  • Bao-Shuh Paul Lin, ITRI, Taiwan
  • Ming T. (Mike) Liu, The Ohio State Univ., USA
  • Naoyoshi Nameda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
  • Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA
  • Michel Raynal, IRISA, France
  • Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan
  • A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio University, Japan
  • Kazuo Ushijima, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
  • Koichi Utsumiya, Oita University, Japan
  • has OC member:Chengke Wu, Xidian University, China
  • Jean-Lien C. Wu, National Taiwan Institute of Technology and Science,Taiwan
  • Jie Wu, Florida Atlantic University, USA
  • Laurence Tianruo Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

• General Co-chairs
  • Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  • Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan

• Program Chair
  • Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan

• Program Vice Chairs
  • Arjan Durresi, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
  • has program chair:Chung-Ming Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
  • Joseph Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
  • Zied Choukair, ENST Bretagne, France

• Program Area Chairs
  • Ad-hoc Networks
    • Jiandong Li, Xidian University, China
  • Object-oriented Systems and Applications
    • Takaichi Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Internet and Web Applications
    • Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan
  • Distributed Database Systems
    • Vlad Wietrzyk, University of Western Sydney, Australia
  • Network Protocols and Applications
    • Wonjun Lee, Korea University, Korea
  • Multimedia Systems
    • Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Network Security
    • has program chair:Chuan-Kun Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Distributed and Parallel Systems
    • Fumiaki Sato, Shizuoka University, Japan
  • Mobile Communication
    • Ying-Hong Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan
  • Multi-agent Systems
    • Takuo Suganuma, Tohoku University, Japan

• International Liaison Co-chairs
  • Michael Papazoglou, University of Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • Kechu Yi, Xidian University, China
  • Teruo Higashino, Osaka University, Japan

• Publicity Co-chairs
  • Hiroshi Miyabe, NTT, Japan
  • has OC member:Chu-Sing Yang, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
  • Misbah Deen, University of Keele, UK

• Awards Co Chairs
  • has OC member:Chin Chen Chang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
  • Tetsuo Kinoshita, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Ten H. (Steve) Lai, The Ohio State University, USA.

• Publication Co-chairs
  • Timothy Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
  • Zixue Cheng, University of Aizu, Japan

• Treasure Co Chairs
  • Michiaki Katsumoto, CRL, Japan
  • Tomoya Enokido, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

• Registration Co Chairs
  • Hiroshi Maeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
  • Koki Watanabe, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan

• Local Arrangements and Social Events Co Chairs
  • Toshihiko Wakahara, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
  • Noriyasu Yamamoto, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan

• Steering Committee Chair
  • Makoto Takizawa, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

• Program Committee Members
  • Rachid Anane, University of Coventry, UK
  • Shinji Araya, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Nikitas Assimakopoulos, University of Piraeu, Grecce
  • Nirwan Ansari, NJIT, USA
  • Bhed Bahadur Bista, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  • David Bonyuet, Delta Search Labs, USA
  • Goutam Chakraborty, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  • Kuo-Ming Chao, Coventry University, UK
  • Shu Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA
  • Elias Procopio Duarte Jr., Federal University of Parana, Brasil
  • Tomoya Enokido, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
  • Larbi Esmahi, Athabasca University, Canada
  • Xiaoming Fu, University of Goettingen, Germany
  • Shigeru Fujita, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Kentaro Go, Yamanashi University, Japan
  • Nathan Griffiths, University of Warwick, UK
  • Koji Hashimoto, Iwate Pref. University, Japan
  • Aiguo He, University of Aizu, Japan
  • Hiroaki Higaki, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
  • Peter Douglas Holt, Athabasca University, Canada
  • Hui-Huang Hsu, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
  • Nen-Fu Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • Jason C. Hung, Kung Wu Institute of Technology, Taiwan
  • Michel Hurfin, IRISA - INRIA Rennes, France
  • Ren-Hung Hwang, NCCU, Taiwan
  • Pedro Isaias, Portuguese Open University, Portugal
  • Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
  • Takashi Katoh, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Tamio Kihara, NTT, Japan
  • Hiroaki Kikuchi, Tokai University, Japan
  • Kwang-Hoon Kim, Kyonggi University, Korea
  • Shigetomo Kimura, University of Tsukuba, Japan
  • Gen Kitagata, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Larry Korba, National Research Council, Canada
  • Weidong Kou, Xidian University, China
  • Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan
  • Takayuki Kushida, IBM, Japan
  • Hong Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  • Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada
  • Jonathan C.L. Liu, University of Florida, USA
  • Toshiaki Matsunaga, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Hiroshi Matsuno, Yamaguchi University, Japan
  • Hsing Mei, Fu Jen Catholic Universty, Taiwan
  • Rozeta Miho, Tirana Polytechnical University, Albania
  • Takanori Mori, Communications Research Lab., Japan
  • Ralf Muhlberger, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Takuo Nakashima, Tokai University, Japan
  • Hiroaki Nishino, Oita University, Japan
  • Masato Oguchi, Ochanomizu University, Japan
  • Koji Okamura, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Jeong-Hyun Park, ETRI, Korea
  • Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia
  • Takamichi Saito, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan
  • K. Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Nicoletta Sala, University of Italian Switzerland, Switzerland
  • Elhadi Shakshuki, Jodrey School of Computer Science, Canada
  • Hiroshi Shigeno, Keio University, Japan
  • K. M. Sim, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Takushi Tanaka, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
  • Georgios K. Theodoropoulos, The University of Birmingham, UK
  • Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
  • Kazunori Uchida, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Brijesh Verma, Griffith University, Australia
  • Son T. Vuong, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Toshihiko Wakahara, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Xinmei Wang, Xidian University, China
  • Takashi Watanabe, Shizuoka University, Japan
  • Haiyan Xu, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Yuefei Xu, National Research Council, Canada
  • Takako Yamada, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
  • David Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
  • George Yee, National Research Council, Canada
  • Masao Yokota, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Muhammed Younas, Coventry University, UK
  • Song Yu, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Shuuichi Yukita, Hosei University, Japan
  • Hong-Jiang Zhang, Microsoft Research China, China
  • Jianjun Zhao, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Xiaofang Zhou, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Shihua Zhu, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China