Cities cover less than 1% of the earth's surface but in which reside more than 50% of the world's population. To build sustainable cities is a crucial responsibility for human society to respond to climate change and environmental crisis and it as well provides huge business opportunities where information technology can play an important role.

The international workshop on Engineering a Sustainable City (EASC) is to provide a prestigious forum of exchanging latest findings and experiences of e-business relevant issues related to the design, development and improvement of cities with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability. The workshop will cover the theories, engineering and technological progressions in sustainable city development research and practices in adopting innovative technologies of information analytics, modeling and optimization for sustainable city development.

The workshop solicits paper submissions in a wide range of related topics, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Theories, metrics, principles of sustainable cities
• Sustainable city design, layout and planning
• Resilience and risk management
• Dynamic capture and assimilation of data for prediction & response
• Interconnected and interdependent models optimize sustainable city solutions
• Simulation and optimization of complex city systems
• Green practices in fundamental city systems such as water, energy, traffic, buildings, waste, etc.
• Individual and community behaviors in a sustainable city
• Emerging business models and practices driven by sustainable city development
• Standards, regulations, and legal issues

Papers must be submitted electronically. Please submit papers through the following Paper Submission Link:
URL: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=easc10

The format of submitted papers should follow the guidelines for the IEEE conference proceedings, limited to 6 pages.

Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings of the ICEBE 2010 by the IEEE CS Press, and will be further invited for extension for publication in top international journals.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Abstract registration deadline: June 25, 2010
• Paper submission: July 1, 2010
• Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2010
• Camera-ready paper submission: August 10, 2010

Workshop Organizer

• Hao Wang, Shenyang Eco-city Research Institute, China
• Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

Workshop Program Committee

• Dong Xin Tsinghua University
• Jiang Shun Shenyang Eco-city Research Institute, IBM Research - China
• Li Feng Shenyang Eco-city Research Institute, IBM Research - China
• Li Xing Ye Shanghai Institute of Technology
• LUO Xing Gang Northeastern University
• Ma Xiu Li PeiKing University
• Tan Hua Chun Beijing Institute of Technology
• Tian Chun Hua Shenyang Eco-city Research Institute, IBM Research - China
• Wang Da Zhi Northeastern University
• Wang Li Harbin Institute of Technology
• Wang Xiao Qing Shenyang Eco-city Research Institute, IBM Research - China
• Xu Huai Yu Northeastern University
• Zhang Xiao Xun Shenyang Eco-city Research Institute, IBM Research - China
• Zhao Tian Zhi Shenyang Eco-city Research Institute, IBM Research - China
• Zhu Jin Bo Northeastern University