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Special Issue of Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal on Human
Behaviour in Ubiquitous Environments

Ubiquitous computing advocates interaction through calm technology
whereby users sense and control what directly interests them, while
retaining tangential awareness of other informational opportunities
that they can at any time choose to focus on. This requires seamless
access to media, information sharing and communication through
heterogeneous systems, which are distributed and may be deeply
embedded in the physical environment. To achieve this goal, it is
necessary to deepen our understanding of human behaviour in context
and its impact on technological issues relevant to ubiquitous
environments. Research in this area is rapidly gaining importance and
has become an essential part of pervasive and mobile computing
systems.

This special issue solicits original papers that contribute to our
understanding of human behaviour and its impact on the design,
development and use of applications in mobile and ubiquitous settings.
Submissions can focus on theoretical and applied research in topics
including, but not limited to:
*       Data capture and knowledge discovery for user modelling in
ubiquitous environments
*       Machine learning techniques applied to socially-aware ubiquitous
systems
*       Experience design in socially-aware ubiquitous systems
*       Human-computer interaction issues in ubiquitous environments
*       Detecting and using patterns of human behaviour in ubiquitous
computing
*       Modelling and recognition of user activity, mobility and context
*       Social computing applications in human-centred ubiquitous
environments
*       Pervasive user-generated content: applications, systems and
practices
*       Applications in mobile and ubiquitous environments for
learning, business, social computing, travelling, arts, entertainment,
gaming, healthcare and virtual worlds.

Submissions should be of high standard for an international, archival
research journal, and will be reviewed according to the strict
standards of the PMC journal. Papers should not have been submitted or
published elsewhere but could be extended or refined versions of
conference papers with significant new, original material. Extended
versions or refined versions of conference papers are expected to
differ from the conference version by at least 30% across all sections
- authors are requested to submit their published conference articles
and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal
version. The manuscript preparation guidelines can be obtained from
the PMC Journal's web page (<http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pmc>).

The deadline for submitting manuscripts is March 23, 2009 and authors
will be notified of the decision by June 1, 2009.  The final
manuscripts will be due October 1, 2009. Authors should submit their
full manuscripts to the PMC Special Issues (under the ÒHuman
BehaviourÓ topic), using the Elsevier online Editorial System (EES) at
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/pmc.

Guest editors

Dr. George D. Magoulas
School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck College,
University of London
gmagoulas [AT] dcs.bbk.ac.uk

Dr. George Roussos
School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck College,
University of London
gr [AT] dcs.bbk.ac.uk

Dr. Mirco Musolesi
Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge
mirco.musolesi [AT] cl.cam.ac.uk