30-31 October 2002

Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

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Sponsored by: The IEEE Communications Society

Technical Co-Sponsor: Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), UK

IWNA-5 Committee

General Chair

Madjid Merabti, LJMU, UK

m.merabti@livjm.ac.uk

Treasurer & Registrar

Carol Oliver, LJMU, UK

c.oliver@livjm.ac.uk

Submission Guidelines

Papers should be limited to 6 pages in length and emailed to Carol Oliver C.Oliver@livjm.ac.uk. Papers should be submitted using the IEEE proceedings template available here 

Submissions in PDF format are preferred, though Word or Postscript formats are acceptable. Papers should contain suitable contact information, title and abstract. The deadline for submission is September 16 2002.

Background

The workshop follows from the previous four that were held in the USA and Far-East and build on the increasing requirements for network connectivity of all manner of devices. As more and more appliances in homes and offices - lights, toasters, refrigerators, TVs, printers, faxes, etc. - become digital and intelligent, networking them together offers intriguing possibilities and challenges. In the future, not only will we be able to control and exchange information between devices but also enhance their capabilities through interactive synergy resulting in new application areas. This workshop will explore a wide range of technical issues. Presentations will cover various appliance interconnection approaches, mechanisms and technologies, as well as the challenges of networking the devices to achieve interoperability. While the home network environment has been the focus of much Networked Appliance work, we also expect presentations on appliance devices, applications in the wider context of mobility, interoperability, and wearability. Technical information is available from Prof. Madjid Merabti, LJMU; +44(0)151-231-2284; M.Merabti@livjm.ac.uk.

For corporate sponsorship information / registration assistance please contact Carol Oliver via e-mail:

c.oliver@livjm.ac.uk.

Topics

- Novel applications for Networked Appliances

- Field trials of the Networked Home

- Impacts of Broadband to the home on Networked Appliances

- Wearable Computing

- Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing

- Programming Environments for Networked Appliances

- Application Management and Behavior as a Result of Networked Knowledge

- Service and Application Providers, Commercial Services

- Applications and Appliances for the Special Needs Community

- Operating Systems and User Interfaces and Usability

- Protocol, Programming Environment & Transmission Standards

- Device Discovery and Control Paradigms

- Home Networking (e.g. Home Intranet, Residential Gateways)

- Security (e.g. AAA, Integrity, Firewalls)

- Network and Multimedia Applications and Appliances (Home & Small Business)

- Interoperability, Data & Program Migration Path

- Reliability, Availability & Survivability (Backup, Storage, Upgrades and Recovery)

Registration

Registration for IWNA5 is £200, which includes the workshop, proceedings, lunch and refreshments,

and the workshop evening dinner.

Corporate Sponsors

Your company or organization may be interested in becoming a corporate sponsor of this workshop. For £500 your company's or organization's name and logo will appear in the proceeding and on the workshop web site. Also your company or organization will be allocated a table (6'x 3') in or near the

registration area to display its corporate literature, products and/or working prototypes that you supply, setup and maintain (no pricing information on your products and services shall be included at this workshop). See the workshop web site http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/iwna5 for more information.

Email your questions, with a subject line of “IWNA5”, to: M.Merabti@livjm.ac.uk

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline September 16, 2002

Notification of acceptance September 23, 2002

Camera ready papers due September 30, 2002

Technical Committee  

Philippe Boucachard, Canon Research, France

Hans-Werner Gellersen, Lancaster University, UK

David Hutchison, Lancaster University, UK

Ibrahim Kamel, Panasonic, NJ, USA

Karen Lawson, Kodak, UK

  Nigel Linge, Salford University, UK

  Ian Marshall, BT exact, UK

Francisco Domingo Mateos, University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid

Tom Rodden, Nottingham University, UK

A Taleb-Bendiab, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Rob Udink, Philips Research Labs, Netherlands

Petri Vuorimaa, Helsinki University, Finland

Kenvi Wang, Chunghua Telecom, Taiwan

Antti Yla-Jaaski, Nokia, Finland

Liang Cheng,  Lehigh University, USA

International Steering Committee  

   Chair: Charles N. Judice, USA

Eric Addeo, USA

Jacob Baul-Schem, Israel

David J. Greaves, UK

Takahiko Kamae, Japan

GS Kuo, Taiwan

Mike Little, USA

Madjid Merabti, UK

Alan Mink, USA

Stan Moyer, USA

Naohisa Ohta, USA

Garry Paxinos, USA

Hideyuki Tokuda, Japan

Steven Ungar, USA

Hiroshi Yasuda, Japan

   Yashio Yasumoto, Japan

   Heather Yu, USA