Call for Papers - Special Issue of "Mobile Communication and Intelligent Transportation Systems Building the Sophisticated Society"

Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for a special issue of "Mobile Communication and Intelligent Transportation Systems Building the Sophisticated Society".
Many researches of intelligent transportation systems and mobile communication technology have been carried out to realize the more sophisticated society because advanced intelligent information can be obtained through various types of information technology equipment. For examples, various kinds of researches for ITS have been proposed: information collection and exchange methods using radio communication devices such as DSRC, IEEE 802.11p etc., and context aware systems for pedestrians and geographic information systems based on short-range radio communication devices. In the area of mobile communication, many researches have been also discussed: broadband wireless communication devices such as LTE and WiMAX2+, developments of ad-hoc networks and sensor networks. These research and development areas are about to be more important to build the sophisticated society. In the special issue of "Mobile Communication and Intelligent Transportation Systems Building the Sophisticated Society", the program committee especially seeks paper submissions in these areas, as follows.

・Mobile Computing System (Architecture, Protocol, Management, Security)
・Sensor Network, Information Appliance / Home Network, Ad-hoc Network
・Communication Medium (3G, LTE, WiMAX2+, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, IrDA, DSRC, Digital Broadcasting, etc.)
・Mobile / Ubiquitous / Wearable Computing
・Mobile Agent, Mobile Web Service
・Mobile Application, RFID Tag
・Intelligent Transportation System
・Geometry Information System, Location Aware Service
・HMI, High Performance Handheld Devices, Electronic Settlement, Security, QoS, OS
・Transportation Management (Supply Chain Management, Traffic Estimation and Prediction System)
・Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
・Image Processing (Lane Departure Warning System, Object Recognition, Traffic Flow Observation)
・Ubiquitous / Internet Intelligent Transportation System

(1) All full papers except technical notes must be submitted electronically. Please access the following URL and proceed under the submission instructions:
https://www.ipsj.or.jp/prms/author_pre_submit_en.do
*Note that this URL is for English papers only.
If you plan to submit a paper in Japanese, please visit another page at https://www.ipsj.or.jp/prms/author_pre_submit.do

(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 March 31, 2014 April 6, 2014.
*Submission deadline has been extended.

(4) The special issue will be published on the J-Stage website in January, 2015. Preprint will be published on the IPSJ Journal in January, 2015.

(5) The Editorial Committee of This Special Issue
Editor in-Chief: Akira WATANABE (Meijo Uviv.)
Editorial Board: Katsuhiro NAITO (Mie Univ.)
Editorial Committee: Susumu ISHIHARA (Shizuoka Univ.), Takeshi IWAMOTO (Toyama Prefectural Univ.), Masakatsu OGAWA (Sophia Univ.), Yoshikuni ONOZATO (Gunma Univ.), Yoshio KAKIZAKI (Tokyo Denki Univ.), Yukihiro KAWAMATA (Hitachi), Tomoya KITANI (Shizuoka Univ.), Ryozo KIYOHARA (Kanagawa Institute of Technology), Ayumu KUBOTA (KDDI Lab.), Masashi SAITO (Mitsubishi Electric), Hiroshi SHIGENO (Keio Univ.), Fumio TERAOKA (Keio Univ.), Takaaki NEZU (Shiga Univ.), Noriko FUKAZAWA (Railway Technical Research Institute), Kazuhiro MINAMI (Institute of Statistical Mathematics), Hiroaki MORINO (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Tomoyuki YASHIRO (Chiba Institute of Technology), Keiichi YASUMOTO (NAIST)