Call for papers - Special issue of "Ubiquitous Computing Systems (Ⅵ)"

Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for a special issue of Ubiquitous Computing Systems (Ⅵ). Ubiquitous computing is a novel paradigm merging various lines of scientific and engineering research area together. We welcome high quality papers that describe original research advancing the state of the art in ubiquitous computing, including but not limited to the following topics: Sensing Technologies, Theories and Models for Ubiquitous Computing, Ubiquitous Networking Technologies, Mobile Computing, Middleware Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, and Applications. We anticipate that contributions should be relevant and grounded within Ubiquitous Computing System and authors should write for the broad interdisciplinary readers. Dr. Kazushige Ouchi of TOSHIBA Corporation has been invited to act as a guest editor for this special issue.
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Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is currently encouraging more submissions from outside of Japan.
Any papers electronically submitted to JIP before July 31, 2017 are eligible for 30% discount in publication charge when accepted.
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(1) All papers must be submitted electronically. Please access the following URL and proceed under the submission instructions:

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ipsj

In the event you would like to make a submission, you must first create an account on the paper submission Web page. For detailed information, please refer to the manual available from the link “Submission Rules and Document Types” at the top of the submission page.

(2) All papers will be reviewed. The review process will be carried out in the same manner as regular issues. However, you have shorter time than usual (two months) for preparation of your responses to inquiries.

(3) Submission deadline is December 9, 2016 December 23, 2016. *Deadline extended

(4) The special issue will be published on the J-Stage website in November, 2017. Preprint will be published on the IPSJ Journal in October, 2017.

(5) The Editorial Committee of This Special Issue
Editor in-Chief: Kazushige OUCHI (TOSHIBA Corp.)
Editorial Board: Ren OMURA (Toyohashi Univ. of Technology), Jin NAKAZAWA(Keio Univ.)
Editorial Committee: Sozo INOUE (Kyushu Institute of Technology), Tsutomu TERADA (Kobe Univ.), Kaori FUJINAMI (Tokyo Univ. Agriculture and Technology), Takeshi IWAMOTO (Toyama Prefectural Univ.), Keisuke UEHARA (Keio Univ.), Yu ENOKIBORI (Nagoya Univ.), Yasushi OGAWA (Ricoh Corp.), Azusa KADOMURA (Panasonic Corp.), Yoshihiro KAWAHARA (The Univ. of Tokyo), Yasue KISHINO (NTT), Arei KOBAYASHI (KDDI), Ichiro SIIO (Ochanomizu Univ.), Masamichi SHIMOSAKA (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Midori SUGAYA (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Yasuyuki SUMI (Future Univ. Hakodate), Masatoshi SEKINE (Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.), Hideyuki TAKAHASHI (Tohoku Univ.), Emi TAMAKI (Waseda Univ.), Koji TSUKADA (Future Univ. Hakodate), Takayuki NAKAMURA (NTT　Corp.), Nobuhiko NISHIO (Ritsumeikan Univ.), Yasutaka NISHIMURA (KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc.) , Kohei MATSUMURA (Ritsumeikan Univ.), Akihiro MIYATA (Nihon Univ.), Kazuya MURAO (Ritsumeikan Univ.), Keiichi YASUMOTO (Nara Institute of Science and Technology), Koji YATANI (The Univ. of Tokyo),Kazunori YAMADA (Panasonic Corp.), Masahiro TOYOURA (Yamanashi Univ.)