The 6th International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems
			   (ICESS-09)
          Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, May 25-27, 2009

Sponsored by Zhejiang University, China and
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Scalable Computing

	   	   http://www.icess.org/

Extended Submission deadline: Jan. 31, 2009  

INTRODUCTION

Embedded systems are closely related to our daily life, which reside
from smart appliances to unmanned trains. As the fastest growing
industry, embedded systems will have great societal and environmental
impacts. Therefore, the design and implementation of safe and
efficient embedded software and systems have utmost importance.

The 6th International Conferences on Embedded Software and
Systems (ICESS'09) will come back to Hangzhou again after the sequence
of ICESS'04 in Hangzhou, China; ICESS'05 in Xi'an, China; ICESS'06 in
Shanghai, China; and ICESS'07 in Daegu, Korea and ICESS'08 in Chengdu,
China. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province. The famous
Chinese saying "Above is heaven, below is Hangzhou" pretty well
describes the glamorous city of Hangzhou! With the world famous West
Lake and its amazing scenery and fascinating cultural attractions,
Hangzhou is indeed "Haven on Earth"!

The goal of ICESS09 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers
and researchers to discuss and exchange novel ideas, results,
experiences and work-in-process on all aspects of embedded software
and systems.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

A. Systems, Models and Algorithms
	.Embedded Hardware and Architectures
	.Embedded Software/Agent
	.Embedded Real-Time Systems
	.Power Aware Computing 
	.Distributed Embedded Computing
	.Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing
	.Programming Language Supports	
	.Fault Tolerant & Trusted Embedded Systems
	.System on Chip (SoC) and Multicore systems
	.Real-Time Operating Systems
	.Cyber-Physical Systems
	.Model of Physical Systems 
	.Mobile Computing 
	.Reconfigurable Computing  

B. Design Methodology and Tools
	.Hardware/Software Co-Design
	.Formal Methods for Embedded Systems
	.Embedded Component Technology
	.Middleware for Embedded Systems	
	.Hardware/Software Co-Verification
	.Compilation and Debug Techniques
	.IDE and Software Tools
	.Performance evaluation techniques/tools

C. Embedded Applications and Interdisciplinary Topics
	.Intelligent Embedded Systems
	.Image and graph processing
	.Network Protocol and Security
	.Emergency and Disaster Management
	.Wireless Sensor Networks	
	.Robotics and Control Systems
	.QoS Supports for Embedded Systems
	.Embedded Database & Multimedia Systems
	.Consumer electronics
	.Automotive, medical and avionics systems

Submission and Publication:

All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference
website (http://www.icess.org/) with PDF format. The materials
presented in the papers should not be published or under submission
elsewhere. The submission should not exceed 16 pages with
double-space, single column and font size of at least 10-point
(including all figures, tables and references). Submissions that are
excessively long may be returned without reviews.

Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference
proceedings published by IEEE CS Press (indexed by EI). Authors (at
least one) of any accepted paper are requested to register and present
their work at the conference. Otherwise, the paper may be removed from
the digital libraries of IEEE CS.

The selected best papers, after further revisions, will be sought to
publish in the special issues of Journal of Embedded Computing (JEC),
International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES), and other
SCI-indexed international journals.

WORKSHOP PROPOSAL:

In conjunction with the ICESS-09, several workshops/symposia will be
planned. If you would like to organize a workshop that are closely
related to the conference's theme, please submit a workshop proposal
including call for paper, organizing committee, important dates,
contact person, short bio of the organizers to the ICESS-09 workshop
chairs before December 1, 2008. Proceedings of the ICESS-09 workshops
will be published by IEEE CS Press. The workshops with more than 15
papers will be granted with one free complimentary registration and
local accommodation for the leading workshop organizer.

Important Dates
	 .Workshop Proposal:   December 01, 2008
	 .Submission Deadline:  December 15, 2008; extended to Jan. 31, 2009
	 .Authors Notification:   February 28, 2009
	 .Final Manuscript Due:  March 15, 2009
	 .Conference dates:     May 25 - 27, 2009

General Chairs 
	.Tianzhou Chen, Zhejiang Univ., China 
	.Dimitrios Serpanos, Univ. of Patras, Greece
	.Walid Taha, Rice Univ., USA

Program Chairs 
	.Dakai Zhu, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, USA
	.Ben A. Abderazek, Univ. of Aizu, Japan
	.Houcine Hassan, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

Steering Chairs
	.Zhaohui Wu, Zhejiang Univ., China
	.Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada

Technical Program Committee:
See http://www.icess.org/ for more information.