Event:AINA 2006

As one of the most important international conferences sponsored by the TCDP of the IEEE Computer Society, the International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA2006) will be held in Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, April 18 (Tue.) - April 20 (Thu.), 2006. The conference covers theory, design and application of computer networks and distributed computing systems. Aside from the regular presentations, the conference 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 Protocol and Architecture
• High-speed Communication and Network
• Wireless Communication and Network
• Multimedia Communication and System
• Personal Communication System
• Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Network
• Low-power Network and System
• Wearable Network and System
• Embedded System and Networking
• Quality of Services (QoS)
• Network Control and Management
• Network Performance Analysis and Evaluation
• Internet Technology and IP-based Applications
• Multicast Routing and Technology
• Security, Privacy and Trust
• Fault-tolerant and Dependable System
• Multi-agent System and Applications
• Parallel/Distributed Algorithm and Architecture
• Distributed Database and Data Mining
• Distributed Graphics and VR/AR/MR System
• Distributed AI and Soft/Natural Computing
• Biological Informatics and Computing
• E-Learning, E-Commerce, E-Society, etc.
• Grid, Cluster and Internet Computing
• Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System
• Service-oriented Framework and Middleware
• Autonomic Computing and Communication
• WWW, Semantic Web and Cyber World
• Mobile and Context-aware Computing
• Ubiquitous/Pervasive Networks and Computing
• Ubiquitous Intelligence and Smart World
• Smart Object, Space/Environment and System
• Innovative Networking and Applications
• Social, Ethical & Other Issues of Networked World

In conjunction with the 20th Anniversary of AINA, celebrative events will be organized.

AINA 2006 organizing committee

• Honorary Chair
  • Shoichi Noguchi, SFAIS, Japan

• General Co Chairs
  • A Min Tjoa, Vienna University of Tech., Austria
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• Program Co Chairs
  • Roland Wagner, University of Linz, Austria
  • Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
  • Arjan Durresi, Louisiana State University, USA

• Workshops Co Chairs
  • Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan
  • Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
  • Mohammed Younas, Oxford Brookes University, England

• International Advisory Committee
  • has OC member:Chin Chen Chang, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
  • Flora Chang, Tamkang University, Taiwan
  • Wen-Tsuen Chen, TsingHua University, Taiwan
  • Jingde Cheng, Saitama University, Japan
  • Frank Hsu, Fordham University, USA
  • has OC member:Chung-Ming Huang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
  • Shou-Hsuan Stephen Huang, University of Houston, USA
  • Haruhisa Ichikawa, NTT Lab., Japan
  • Takuya Katayama, JAIST, Japan
  • Tohru Kikuno, Osaka University, Japan
  • Kane Kim, University of California, Irvine, USA
  • Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
  • Bao-Shuh Paul Lin, ITRI, Taiwan
  • Mike Liu, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA
  • Tae-Woo Park, AOARD, Japan
  • Michel Raynal, IRISA, France
  • Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Jeffrey Tsai, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
  • Jhing-Fa Wang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
  • Xinmei Wang, Xidian University, China

• Program Vice Chairs
  • Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks
    • Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan
  • Agent and Intelligent Computing
    • Takuo Suganuma, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Biological Informatics and Computing
    • has program chair:Cheng-Yan Kao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  • Communication Technology and Protocols
    • Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan
  • Dependable and Autonomic Systems
    • Xavier Defago, JAIST, Japan
  • Distributed and Parallel Algorithms
    • Ruppa K. Thulasiram, University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Distributed Database and Data Mining
    • David Taniar, Monash University, Australia
  • Grid, P2P and Scalable Computing
    • Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
  • Innovative Networking and Applications
    • Hossam Saad Hassanein, Queens' University, Canada
  • Internet Computing and Web Applications
    • Peter Brezany, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Mobile Networks and Applications
    • Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
  • Multimedia Tools and Applications
    • Edgar Weippl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Network Control and Performance Evaluation
    • Dong Xuan, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Pervasive/Ubiquitous Networks and Computing
    • Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  • Security, Privacy and Trust
    • Guenther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany
  • Semantic Services and Computing
    • Qusay H. Mahmoud, University of Guelph, Canada
  • Social and Personal Issues of Networked World
    • Guenther Mueller, University of Freiburg, Germany

• Award Co Chairs
  • Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  • has OC member:Chengke Wu, Xidian University, China
  • S. Misbah Deen, University of Keele, UK

• International Liaison Co Chairs
  • Gerald Quirchmayr, University of Southern Australia and University of Vienna, Austria
  • Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan
  • has OC member:Chaohui Wu, Zhejiang University, China

• Publicity Co Chairs
  • Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
  • Jiandong Li, Xidian University, China
  • Abdelkader Hameurlain, IRIT, France
  • Minyi Guo, University of Aizu, Japan

• Publication Co Chairs
  • Ying-Hong Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan
  • Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada
  • Hitoshi Aida, University of Tokyo, Japan

• International Journals Coordinators
  • Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK
  • Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan

• Treasure Co Chairs
  • Tomoya Enokido, Risho University, Japan
  • Naohiro Hayashibara, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

• Web Administration Chair
  • Satoshi Itaya, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

• Local Arrangement Chairs
  • Nguyen Manh Tho, Vienna University of Tech., Austria
  • Maria Schweikert, Vienna University of Tech., Austria
  • Markus Klemen, Vienna University of Tech., Austria

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

• Program Committee Members
  • Toru Abe, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Mokhtar Aboelaze, York Univeristy, Canada
  • Emad Aboelela, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA
  • Hosam Aboelfotoh, Kuwait University
  • Ayman Abdel-Hamid, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt
  • Gagan Agrawal, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Kemal Akkaya, Southern Illinois University, USA
  • Tatsuya Akutsu, Kyoto University , Japan
  • Markus Aleksy, Universitat Mannheim, Germany
  • Jose Nelson Amaral, The University of Alberta, Canada
  • Rachid Anane, University of Coventry, UK
  • Giuseppe Anastasi, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Marios C. Angelides, Brunel University, UK
  • Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
  • Jean Arlat, LAAS-CNRS, France
  • Khaled Arisha, Honeywell International Inc., USA
  • Eric Aubanel, The University of New Brunswick, Canada
  • Roberto Baldoni, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
  • Nick Bassiliades, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Gerald Baumgartner, Louisiana State University, USA
  • Wernher Behrendt, Salzburg Research, Austria
  • Savitri Bevinakoppa, RMIT University, Australia
  • Martin Bichler, Technical University Munich, Germany
  • Bhed Bahadur Bista, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  • Rupak Biswas, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
  • David Bonyuet, Delta Search Labs, USA
  • Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Anu Bourgeois, Georgia State University, USA
  • Francisco V. Brasileiro, University of Campina Grande, Brazil
  • has PC member:Christian Breiteneder, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Vladimir Brusic, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
  • Marian Bubak, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Victor Callaghan, University of Essex, UK
  • Fabio Casati, Hewlett-Packard, USA
  • has PC member:Christophe Cerin, University Paris-Nord, France
  • Toni Cortes, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • David W. Chadwick, University of Kent, UK
  • Debasish Chakraborty, NICT, Japan
  • Goutam Chakraborty, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  • has PC member:Chih-Yung Chang, Tamkang University, Taiwan
  • Kuo-Ming Chao, Coventry University, UK
  • Keith Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  • Pascal Chatonnay, Universite De Franche-Comte, France
  • Vipin Chaudhary, Wayne State University, USA
  • Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
  • Shu Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA
  • Maggie Cheng, University of Missouri, USA
  • Zixue Cheng, University of Aizu, Japan
  • Yanghee Choi, Seoul National University, Korea
  • Li-Der Chou, National Central University, Taiwan
  • Fei Dai, Florida Atlantic University, USA
  • Yuanshun Dai, Indiana University-Purdue University, USA
  • Murat Demirbas, The State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
  • Jing Deng, University of New Orleans, USA
  • Lawrence Y. Deng, St. Jon's & Mary's Inst. of Technology, Taiwan
  • Michael Ditze, University of Paderborn, Germany
  • Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Eylem Ekici, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Richard Ekwall, EPFL, Switzerland
  • Ehab Elmallah, University of Alberta, Canada
  • Sameh Elsharkawy, Catholic University of America, USA
  • Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech, USA
  • Rasit Eskicioglu, The University of Manitoba, Canada
  • has PC member:Christof Fetzer, Technische University Dresden, Germany
  • Hakan Ferhatosmanoglu, Ohio State University, USA
  • Eduardo B. Fernandez, Florida Atlantic University, USA
  • Xiaoming Fu, University of Goettingen, Germany
  • Xinwen Fu, Dakota State University, USA
  • Shigeru Fujita, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Nobuo Funabiki, Okayama University, Japan
  • Steven Furnell, University of Plymouth, UK
  • Kentaro Go, Yamanashi University, Japan
  • Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University, Australia
  • Mukul Goyal, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
  • Peter Graham, The University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Nathan Griffiths, University of Warwick, UK
  • Yong Guan, Iowa state Unversity, USA
  • Hani A K Hagras, University of Essex, UK
  • Abdelkader Hameurlain, IRIT, France
  • Koji Hashimoto, Iwate Pref. University, Japan
  • Bernhard Haslhofer, Research Studios Austria - Digital Memory Engineering, Austria
  • Naohiro Hayashibara, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
  • Aiguo He, University of Aizu, Japan
  • Mohamed Hefeeda, Simon Fraser University, Canada
  • Lance Hester, Motorola, Inc., USA
  • Michael Hobbs, Deakin University, Australia
  • Jorng-Tzong Horng, National Central University, Taiwan
  • Pao-Ann Hsiung, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
  • Nen-Fu Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • Runhe Huang, Hosei University, Japan
  • Karin Hummel, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Jason C. Hung, Kung Wu Institute of Technology, Taiwan
  • Ali R. Hurson, Pennsylvania State University, USA
  • Jenn-Kang Hwang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
  • Ren-Hung Hwang, NCCU, Taiwan
  • Pedro Isaias, Portuguese Open University, Portugal
  • Susumu Ishihara, Shizuoka University, Japan
  • Ibrahim Ismail, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria
  • Muhammad Jaseemuddin, Ryerson University, Canada
  • Imad Jawhar, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
  • Anura Jayasumana, Colorado State University, USA
  • Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Ahmed Kama, Iowa State University, USA
  • Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Bijaya Karki, Louisiana State University, USA
  • Yuka Kato, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
  • Takashi Katoh, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan
  • Sokrates K. Katsikas, University of the Aegean, Greece
  • Nobuo Kawaguchi, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Hiroaki Kikuchi, Tokai University, Japan
  • has PC member:Cheolmin Kim, Pusan National University, Korea
  • Daeyoung Kim, Information and Communication University, Korea
  • Gen Kitagata, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Markus Klemen, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Turgay Korkmaz, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
  • Tevfik Kosar, Louisiana State University, USA
  • Harald Kosch, University Klagenfurt, Austria
  • Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan
  • Nectarios Koziris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • Dieter Kranzlmueller, Joh. Kepler University Linz, Austria
  • Mohan Kumar, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
  • Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  • Miguel Labrador, University of South Florida, USA
  • Costas Lambrinoudakis, University of the Aegean, Greece
  • Dongman Lee, Information and Communications University, Korea
  • Kuan Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan
  • Minglu Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
  • Xiaofei Liao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
  • has PC member:Chunlei Liu, Valdosta State University, USA
  • Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada
  • Benyuan Liu, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
  • Jonathan C.L. Liu, University of Florida, USA
  • Kevin Liu, T-Mobile USA, USA
  • Yu-lung Lo, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
  • Javier Lopez-Munoz, University of Malaga, Spain
  • Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE
  • Sanjay Madria, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA
  • Wathiq Mansoor, Zayed University, UAE
  • Giuseppe De Marco, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Hiroshi Matsuno, Yamaguchi University, Japan
  • Pedro Jose Marron, University of Stuttgart, Germany
  • Beniamino Di Martino, Second Uni. of Naples, Italy
  • Hsing Mei, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
  • Dan Meng, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, China
  • Rozeta Miho, Tirana Polytechnical University, Albania
  • Geyong Min, University of Bradford, U.K
  • Masateru Minami, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Jelena Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Vojislav Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Takashi Mitsuishi, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Graham Morgan, University of Newcastle, UK
  • Francesco Moscato, Seconda Universita' di Napoli, Italy
  • Achour Mostefaoui, IRISA, University of Rennes 1, France
  • Hamid Motahari, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Renate Motschnig, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Yi Mu, University of Wollongong, Australia
  • Takuo Nakashima, Kyushu Tokai University, Japan
  • Nidal Nasser, University of Guelph, Canada
  • Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany
  • Ioanis Nikolaidis, University of Alberta, Canada
  • Hiroaki Nishino, Oita University, Japan
  • Masato Oguchi, Ochanomizu University, Japan
  • Martin S. Olivier, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • Robert Okada, Miyagi University, Japan
  • Mohamed Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK
  • Rolf Oppliger, eSECURITY Technologies, Switzerland
  • Marek Paralic, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
  • Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA
  • Jeong-Hyun Park, ETRI, Korea
  • Fernando Pedone, USI, Switzerland
  • Rubem Pereira, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
  • Filip Perich, Cougaar Software Inc., USA
  • Mario Pichler, Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria
  • Tomas Pitner, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
  • Karl Christian Posch, Technical University Graz, Austria
  • Mark A. Ragan, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia
  • Byrav Ramamurthy, University of Nebraskss-Lincoln, USA
  • J. Ramanujam, Louisiana State University, USA
  • Rudolf Ramler, Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria
  • Omer F. Rana, Cardiff university, UK
  • Kai Rannenberg, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
  • Sabine Rathmayer, Technical University Munich, Germany
  • Indrajit Ray, Colorado State University, USA
  • Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, USA
  • Karl Rehrl, Salzburg Research, Austria
  • Thomas Rauber, University of Bayreuth, Germany
  • Luis E. T. Rodrigues, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Gudula Ruenger, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
  • has PC member:Christoph Ruland, University Siegen, Germany
  • Hiroki Saito, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
  • Takamichi Saito, Meiji University, Japan
  • Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Nicoletta Sala, University of Italian Switzerland, Switzerland
  • Pierangela Samarati, Universita di Milano, Italy
  • Ahmed Sameh, American University in Cairo, Egypt
  • Fumiaki Sato, Shizuoka University, Japan
  • Nobuyoshi Sato, Toyo University, Japan
  • Andre Schiper, EPFL, Switzerland
  • Richard D. Schlichting, AT&T Labs - Research, USA
  • Ali Selcuk, Bilkent University, Turkey
  • Ali Shahrabi, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
  • Hamid R Sharif, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
  • Jonathon Shapiro, Michigan State University, USA
  • Ruth Shaw, University of New Brunswick, Canada
  • has PC member:Chien Chung Shen, University of Delaware, USA
  • Hiroshi Shigeno, Keio University, Japan
  • Kuei-Ping Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
  • David Simplot-Ryl, University Lille 1, France
  • Jackie Silcock, Deakin University, Australia
  • Alexei Sourin, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
  • Olga Stepankova, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
  • Kaoru Sugita, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia
  • Ashok Srinivasan, Florida State University, USA
  • Hatem Ben Sta, University of Tunis, Tunisia
  • Glen Takahara, Queen's University, Canada
  • Domenico Talia, Universita' della Calabria, Italy
  • Kian-Lee Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Ian Taylor, Cardiff University, UK
  • Stephanie Teufel, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Joseph Thomas, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
  • Parimala Thulasiraman, The University of Manitoba, Canada
  • Vladimir Tosic, Lakehead University, Canada
  • Savio Tse, Bilkent University, Turkey
  • Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya, Osaka University, Japan
  • Peter Urban, JAIST, Japan
  • Salvatore Venticinque, Seconda Universita' di Napoli, Italy
  • Lorenzo Verdoscia, Italian National Research Council, Italy
  • Umberto Villano, Universita' del Sannio, Italy
  • Steve Vinsoki, IONA Technologies, USA
  • Salvatore Vitabile, University of Palermo, Italy
  • Son T. Vuong, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Naoki Wakamiya, Osaka University, Japan
  • Bin Wang, Wright State University, USA
  • Cliff Wang, Army Research Office, USA
  • has PC member:Cho-Li Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Frank Zhigang Wang, CCHPCF, UK
  • Shengquan Wang, Texas A&M University, USA
  • Hans Weghorn, BA-STuttgart, Germany
  • Hsiao Chun Wu, Louisiana State University, USA
  • Kui Wu, University of Victoria, Canada
  • Song Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
  • Bin Xiao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
  • Li Xiao, Michigan State University, USA
  • Naixue Xiong, JAIST, Japan
  • has PC member:Cheng-Zhong Xu, Wayne State University, USA
  • Toshihiko Yamakami, ACCESS CO., LTD., Japan
  • David Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
  • George Yee, National Research Council, Canada
  • Kechu Yi, Xidian University, China
  • Hidetoshi Yokota, KDDI R&D Laboratories, Japan
  • Masao Yokota, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Takaichi Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Moustafa Youssef, University of Maryland College Park, USA
  • Vladimir Zadorozhny, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Qiangfu Zhao, University of Aizu, Japan
  • Jianying Zhou, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
  • Xiaofang Zhou, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Mohammad Zulkernine, Queen's University, Canada