4th IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments 2008
http://conferences.theiet.org/ie08/

Call for Papers:
It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 4th IET 
International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’08), which will 
be held at the University of Washington in Seattle from July 21 to July 
22, 2008.
The conference will provide a forum for the presentation of research and 
applications and for lively discussions among researchers as well as 
industrialists contributing to the area on Intelligent Environments.
The conference is supported by The Institution of Engineering and 
Technology (IET), the German Institute of Computer Science, and the 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
As the fourth in a successful series, this conference will provide a 
leading edge forum for researchers and engineers from across the world 
to present their latest research and to discuss future directions in the 
area of Intelligent Environments. The conference will bring together 
researchers from both industry and academia from the various disciplines 
contributing to the area on Intelligent Environments.
Such disciplines include, but are not limited to:
•	Ambient Intelligence
•	Ubiquitous Computing
•	Pervasive Computing
•	Intelligent Agents and Agent Technologies
•	Middleware
•	Context aware Systems
•	Networking and Communications
•	Human-Computer Interaction
•	Multimodal Spoken Language Dialogue Systems
•	Knowledge Management
•	Domestic and Rehabilitation Robotic systems
•	Smart sensors and actuators
•	Microelectronics and Hardware
•	Smart Material
•	Architectural Aspects
•	Art and Design
•	Social Aspects
•	Legal and Ethical Aspects
•	Smart Environments Applications
•	Virtual Environments
The conference will also feature a number of special sessions.
Papers may discuss theories, applications, evaluation, limitations, 
general tools and techniques. Discussion papers that critically evaluate 
approaches or processing strategies and prototype demonstrations are 
especially welcome.
Paper submissions will be allowed under the following categories for IE08:
•	Full Papers: The length of full papers should not exceed 8 pages. Full 
papers should report on original and previously unpublished work that 
currently is not under review in any conference or journal. Both basic 
and applied research papers are welcome.
•	Short Papers: The length of short papers should not exceed 4 pages. 
Short papers should report on smaller case studies or ongoing but 
interesting and original research efforts.
•	Demo Papers: The length of Demo papers should not exceed 4 pages. Demo 
papers are targeted towards authors who may wish to demonstrate their 
system during IE08. Demo papers should provide a description of the 
proposed system, installation or demo.
Deadlines

Potential authors should note the following deadline dates:
Paper Submission 	 Extended to the 15th of February 2008
Notification of acceptance/rejection	Monday, 17 March 2008
Submission of Final Camera Ready Papers	Thursday, 17 April 2008
Early bird registration Deadline 	Friday, 16 May 2008
Final programme available on web	Thursday, 17 April 2008
Conference	21-22 July 2008


General Chairs
     Diane Cook, Washington State University, USA
     Sumi Helal, University of Florida , USA

Programme Chair
     Hani Hagras, University of Essex, UK

Programme Co-Chair
     Vic Callaghan, University of Essex, UK