Papers should be no more than 10 pages in length. Complete formatting and submission instructions can be found on the conference web site. Submissions will be reviewed anonymously by at least three expert reviewers. 
 
Short paper and work in progress papers should be no more than 4 pages. Complete formatting and submission instructions can be found on the conference web site. Submissions will be reviewed anonymously by at least three expert reviewers.
 
Papers will be judged on originality, correctness, clarity and relevance. Submitted papers must be original work, and may not be under consideration for another conference or journal. 
Submission of the paper implies agreement of the author(s) to attend the conference and present the paper if accepted. For additional information see the registration information page.
 
Conference topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Fundamentals of Context-aware systems:

    Context-aware models
    Context-aware control
    Context-aware algorithms
    Context-aware networks
    Context-aware computing
    Context-awareness calculi
    Context-awareness representation
    Context-awareness-based systems
    Logic in context-awareness
    Context-awareness reasoning
    Formal methods of context-awareness
    Context-awareness-based optimization and swarm Intelligence
    Knowledge-based awareness

Context-aware Communications:

    Routing, transport, and reliability issues of context-aware systems
    Techniques for data dissemination and replication in context-aware systems
    Applications and middleware support, mobile social networking applications
    Mobility models and statistical analysis of mobility traces
    Context and social awareness mechanisms and algorithms
    Co-existence of opportunistic networks with infrastructure mobile wireless networks
    Service composition in autonomic and opportunistic networks
    Cognition-driven information processing and decision making
    Performance modeling, scaling laws, and fundamental limits for autonomic and opportunistic communications
    Game-theoretic insights to the operation of autonomic and opportunistic networks
    Participatory and urban sensing in autonomic and opportunistic networks
    Trust, security, and reputation -Autonomic and opportunistic communication testbeds and prototypes, measurement data from real experiments
    Socio-economic models for autonomic and opportunistic communications

Context-aware Technologies: -Context-aware information retrieval

    Context-aware profiling, clustering and collaborative filtering
    Machine learning for context-aware information retrieval and ontology learning
    Context-aware e-learning/tutoring
    Ubiquitous and context-aware computing
    Use of context-aware technologies in UI/HCI
    Context-aware advertising
    Recommendations for mobile users
    Context-awareness in portable devices
    Context-aware services
    Social Agents and Avatars
    Emotion and Personality
    Virtual Humans
    Autonomous Actors
    Awareness-based Animation
    Social and Conversational Agents
    Inter-Agent Communication
    Social Behavior
    Crowd Simulation
    Understanding Human Activity
    Memory and Long-term Interaction

Context-aware system for civilization and environment

    Context aware transportation systems
    Context aware construction efficiency ( Energy, Water, and materials)
    Context aware safety and security ( Buildings, Roads, water supply, Environment)
    Context aware remote sensing for built environment.
    Context aware earthquakes engineering
 
Publication

Accepted papers will be published in the ICCASA 2014 Conference Proceedings, published in  the ACM Digital Library and will be submitted to the major indexing services, including DBLP, Google Scholar, ISI Proceedings, EI Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus and Zentralblatt Math, as well as ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL).  Selected papers may be invited to publish in the EAI Endorsed Transactions Context -Aware Systems and Applications