“…This year, MobiWac takes place in Montreal, Canada, and it continues its successful track record of being a forum that brings together scientists, engineers, and practitioners to share experiences and discuss novel advances in mobility management and wireless access related topics, aiming at advancing knowledge and identifying new directions for future research and development. The call for papers attracted a large number of very high-quality submissions worldwide, which made the selection process difficult and competitive. …”

“…The goal of the ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE) is to integrate theory and practice in the field of performance engineering by providing a forum for sharing ideas and experiences between industry and academia. The call for contributions solicited submissions for several tracks, namely for research papers, industry/experience papers, work-in-progress/vision papers, artifacts (for accepted full papers), posters and demonstrations, tutorials, and workshops. …”

“…The workshop provides a platform, in which researchers, students, and industry players can meet in order to explore and discuss state of the art in research and technology, to investigate the challenges faced during the design and development of multimedia assisted dietary assessment and management systems, as well as to exchange ideas in future research trends. The call for papers attracted submissions from Asia, Europe, and the United States. …”

“…It also aims to provide a launchpad for bold and visionary ideas for wearable systems research. The call for papers attracted a number of high-quality submissions from all over the world. …”

“…CHI PLAY is the international and interdisciplinary annual symposium conference series for researchers and professionals across all areas of play, games, and human-computer interaction (HCI). We call this area "player-computer interaction." The goal of CHI PLAY is to highlight and foster discussion of current high-quality research in games and HCI as the foundation for the future of digital play. …”

“…In doing so he offers an interpretation he calls unsettling." Linafelt states that it is unsettling in the sense that he often refuses to *settle - on a single, unequivocal meaning of a particular word, phrase, or theme. …”

“…It is our fervent prayer that ths volume will restore and revive the ecumenical vision among our Churches and espcially among the younger generation, who are called to sustain and expand it in the years to come. …”