The 2012 International Workshop on Infrastructure, Technologies and Applications for 
Distributed Data Collection, Processing, and Dissemination
(DDCPD-2012, http://www.lac.inpe.br/DDCPD-2012/) 

Fukuoka, Japan, September 04-07, 2012
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The DDCPD-2012 Workshop (http://www.lac.inpe.br/DDCPD-2012/) will be held in conjunction 
with The 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2012) (http://conf.kyusan-u.ac.jp/uic2012/). 

Selected papers of the workshop will be published by IEEE-CS Conference Publishing 
Services (IEEE-DL and EI indexed).

Fukuoka, Japan, September 04-07, 2012

Important dates:
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- Paper Submission Deadline: May 31, 2012 (FINAL)
- Authors Notification: June 15, 2012
- Final Manuscript Deadline: June 28, 2012

Objectives and Scope
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Many types of device, both generic (computers, cell phones, etc.) and specific (sensors, 
devices with embedded systems) are able to collect different kinds of data for several 
different purposes. Often, when designing a system to deal with distributed data, there 
is the need to explore efficient, fast, precise and/or resilient ways to collect, process 
and analyze the data. Although most solutions are specific and ad-hoc, tools, techniques, 
and best practices from one deployment could be used in others, even for other application 
domains.

The purpose of this workshop is to serve as a forum for discussion of issues related to 
distributed data collection, processing, analysis and dissemination, with emphasis on the 
following topics (non-exclusive list):

- Architectures and systems for distributed data collection, processing, dissemination
- Sensor networks for data collection and processing
- Hardware-based approaches for large scale and sensors' data processing
- Distributed data collection and processing with embedded systems
- Emerging information systems for data collection and processing
- Distributed intelligence
- Extracting knowledge from distributed information systems
- Integration of heterogeneous data sources
- Data collection, processing and dissemination on the cloud, on grid and cluster computers
- Cloud/Grid computing
- VLSI design, GPGPU and embedded systems
- Lightweight languages and environments for embedded systems

Paper Submission Guidelines
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Authors should prepare full papers in English, 6 pages, in PDF format, following the 
IEEE-CS CPS style. The paper must be submitted and uploaded at 
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ddcpd2012
Authors of accepted papers will be notified to the link to the author kit for the final 
manuscript. At least one of the authors must register as full participant and orally 
present the paper at the conference. 

Organizers
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- Rafael Santos, Brazilian National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
- Kazuaki Tanaka, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
- Morihiro Kuga, Kumamoto University, Japan
- Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan

Program Committee Members (tentative)
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- Nandamudi L. Vijaykumar, Brazilian National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
- Andre R. A. Gregio, Brazilian Renato Archer Center for Information Technology, Brazil
- Robinson Noronha, Technological Federal University of Parana State, Brazil
- Morihiro Kuga, Kumamoto University, Japan
- Masahiro Iida, Kumamoto University, Japan
- Fenghui Yao, Tennessee State University, USA 
- Guifeng Shao, Tennessee State University, USA 
- Kazuaki Tanaka, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 
- Agustinus Borgy Waluyo, Monash University, Australia 
- Andrew Flahive, Department of Defense, Australia 
- Toshihiro Yamauchi, Okayama University, Japan 
- Hiroaki Higaki, Tokyo Denki University, Japan 
- Eric Pardede, La Trobe University, Australia 
- Masato Oguchi, Ochanomizu University, Japan 
- Kaori Yoshida, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan 
- Masaru Okumura, Fukuoka University, Japan 
- Kai Cheng, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan 

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For inquiries, contact: 
Rafael Santos, Email: rafael[dot]santos[at]inpe[dot].br 
Bernady O. Apduhan, Email: bob[at]is[dot]kyusan-u[dot]ac[dot]jp