*** Third Call for Contributions ***
8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2022)
"Community Smartification and towards ZERO emission Smart Cities
for a Green New Era"
September 26-29, 2022, Aliathon Resort, Paphos, Cyprus
https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022
The Call-for-Contributions for the 8th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference
(ISC2 2022) is OPEN!
The IEEE ISC2 2022 Organizing Committee is glad to announce that it is currently
accepting papers for the 8th …
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Conference.
This year, the IEEE ISC2 will be held in-person on September 26-29, 2022, in
Paphos, Cyprus and the theme of the conference is “Community Smartification and
towards ZERO emission Smart Cities for a Green New Era.”
The IEEE ISC2 is the flagship conference sponsored by the IEEE Smart Cities
Technical Community, a coalition of eight IEEE technical societies and organizations.
Besides contributions addressing the conference theme, authors are welcome to
submit their original research results in traditional topics across broad application
and functional domains, within the context of smart urban infrastructure systems.
The technical areas include, but are not limited to:
• Smart city theory, modelling and simulation • Intelligent infrastructure • Sensors and actuators • Open data and big data analytics • AI powered smart cities services • Safety and security systems • Smart healthcare • Smart emergency management • IoT and Smart X services
• Data security and privacy • Connected Vehicle (CV) technologies • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) • Smart mobility and transportation • Smart energy systems • Smart buildings and Smart grid • Digital city and smart growth • Smart traffic system operations • Environmental monitoring technologies
The complete list of technical areas can be found here:
https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-papers/ .
Should you need further clarifications or have any inquiries, please do not hesitate
to contact us at: isc22022(a)easychair.org .
Paper Submission Guidelines
Prospective authors are invited to submit high quality original (Full or Short) papers
via the EasyChair submission site at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc22022 .
Full papers should describe novel research contributions with evaluation results
and are limited to seven (7) pages. Short papers, limited in length to four (4) pages,
should be more visionary in nature and are meant to discuss new challenges and
visions, highlight early research results, and explore novel research directions.
All submitted papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for
publication, should be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE
Template ( https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html ).
Each submitted paper will pass through the standard IEEE peer-review process. If
accepted and presented at the conference, it will appear in the conference
proceedings and be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
The conference organisers are currently negotiating a number of special issues
with high quality journals. More information is available on the conference
web site (https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/journal-special-issues/).
The best papers will be awarded in the conference Best Paper Award and a Best
Student Paper Award contests.
For more information, please visit the conference website:
https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022 .
Special Sessions Proposals
Please refer to the web site for further details:
https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-special-sessions/ .
Workshops Proposals
Please refer to the web site for further details:
https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-workshop-proposals/ .
Tutorials Proposals
Please refer to the web site for further details:
https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/call-for-tutorial-proposals/ .
Sponsorship Opportunities
Please refer to the web site for further details:
https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/sponsorships/ .
Important Dates
• Conference Paper Submission Deadline: May 15, 2022
• Conference Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2022
• Conference Camera-ready Deadline: July 31, 2022
• Special Sessions and Workshops Proposals Submission Deadline: April 15, 2022
• Special Sessions and Workshops Proposals Selection: April 21, 2022
• Tutorial Proposals Submission Deadline: May 27, 2022
• Tutorial Proposals Selection: June 3, 2022
• Conference Dates: September 26-29, 2022
Organizing Committee
https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/chairs/
Special Track Chairs Committee
https://attend.ieee.org/isc2-2022/special-tracks-committee2/
IEEE Smart Cities
https://smartcities.ieee.org
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****** ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED ******
Call for Papers
Special Session on "eXtended Reality as a gateway to the Metaverse:
Practices, Theories, Technologies and Applications"
Abstract (1-2 pages) by April 15, 2022 (extended deadline)
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Dear Colleagues,
Due to the several requests of deferral received in the last few days, the
submission deadline to contribute to the special session on "eXtended
Reality as a …
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and Applications" has been extended to April 15, 2022.
https://metroxraine.org/special-session-10
Please don't miss the opportunity to contribute to this special session
with an abstract of 1-2 pages. See the CfP below for details and forward it
to colleagues who might be interested.
Conference information: IEEE International Conference on Metrology for
eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE
MetroXRAINE 2022) - October 26-28, 2022 - Rome. Visit the conference
website for further and updated information https://metroxraine.org/.
I'm looking forward to meeting you, virtually or in your presence, at IEEE
MetroXRAINE 2022.
Sincerely,
Giuseppe Caggianese
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Call for Papers - Special Session on: “EXTENDED REALITY AS A GATEWAY TO THE
METAVERSE: PRACTICES, THEORIES, TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS”
https://metroxraine.org/special-session-10
2022 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality,
Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2022)
https://metroxraine.org/
October 26-28, 2022 - Rome, Italy.
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IMPORTANT DATES
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- Abstract (1-2 pages) Submission Deadline: April 15, 2022 (extended
deadline)
- Abstract Acceptance Notification: April 27, 2022
- Full Paper Submission Deadline: June 3, 2022
- Full Paper Acceptance Notification: July 4, 2022
- Final Paper Submission Deadline: July 30, 2022
- Early Bird Registration: September 10, 2022
- Conference Dates: October 26-28, 2022
SPECIAL SESSION DESCRIPTION
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The fast development of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and
Mixed Reality (MR) solutions over the last few years are transforming how
people interact, work, and communicate. The eXtended Reality (XR) term
encloses all those immersive technologies that can shift the boundaries
between digital and physical worlds to realize the Metaverse. According to
tech companies and venture capitalists, the Metaverse will be a
super-platform that convenes sub-platforms: social media, online video
games, and ease-of-life apps, all accessible through the same digital space
and sharing the same digital economy. Inside the Metaverse, virtual worlds
will allow avatars to carry all human endeavors, including creation,
display, entertainment, social, and trading. Thus, the Metaverse will
evolve how users interact with brands, intellectual properties, and each
other things on the Internet. A user could join friends to play a
multiplayer game, watch a movie via a streaming service, and then attend a
university course precisely the same as in the real world.
The Metaverse development will require new software architecture that will
enable decentralized and collaborative virtual worlds. These self-organized
virtual worlds will be permanent and will require maintenance operations.
In addition, it will be necessary to design an efficient data management
system and prevent privacy violations. Finally, the convergence of physical
reality, virtually enhanced, and an always-on virtual space highlighted the
need to rethink the actual paradigms for visualization, interaction, and
sharing of digital information, moving toward more natural, intuitive,
dynamically customizable, multimodal, and multi-user solutions.
More information can be found here:
https://metroxraine.org/special-session-10
TOPICS
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Hardware/Software Architectures for Metaverse
- Decentralized and Collaborative Architectures for Metaverse
- Interoperability for Metaverse
- Tools to help creators to build the Metaverse
- Operations and Maintenance in Metaverse
- Data security and privacy mechanisms for Metaverse
- Cryptocurrency, token, NFT Solutions for Metaverse
- Fraud-Detection in Metaverse
- Cyber Security for Metaverse
- Data Analytics to Identify Malicious Behaviors in Metaverse
- Blockchain/AI technologies in Metaverse
- Emerging Technologies and Applications for Metaverse
- New models to evaluate the impact of the Metaverse
- Interactive Data Exploration and Presentation in Metaverse
- Human factors issues related to Metaverse
- Proof-of-Concept in Metaverse: Experimental Prototyping and Testbeds
SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS
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Authors should prepare an Abstract (1 - 2 pages) that clearly indicates the
originality of the contribution and the relevance of the work. The Abstract
should include the title of the paper, names and affiliations of the
authors, an abstract, keywords, an introduction describing the nature of
the problem, a description of the contribution, the results achieved and
their applicability.
When the first review process has been completed, authors receive a
notification of either acceptance or rejection of the submission. If the
abstract has been accepted, the authors can prepare a full paper. The
format for the full paper is identical to the format for the abstract
except for the number of pages: the full paper has a required minimum
length of five (5) pages and a maximum of six (6) pages.
Full Papers will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee. Authors of
accepted full papers must submit the final paper version according to the
deadline, register for the workshop, and attend to present their papers.
The maximum length for final papers is 6 pages.
Submissions must be written in English and prepared according to the IEEE
Conference Proceedings template. LaTeX and Word templates and an Overleaf
sample project can be found at:
www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
The papers must be submitted in PDF format electronically via EDAS online
submission and review system: https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=29413
To submit abstracts or draft papers to the special session, please follow
the submission instructions for regular sessions, but remind to specify the
special session to which the paper is directed.
All submissions will be reviewed by the special session organizers and
other external reviewers.
More information can be found here:
https://metroxraine.org/initial-author-instructions
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
-----------------------------------
All contributions will be peer-reviewed, and acceptance will be based on
quality, originality, and relevance. Accepted papers will be submitted for
inclusion into IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
Extended versions of presented papers are eligible for post-publication;
more information will be provided soon.
VENUE
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National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy – October 26-28, 2022.
ORGANIZERS
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Giuseppe Caggianese
National Research Council of Italy
giuseppe.caggianese(a)cnr.it
Ugo Erra
University of Basilicata
ugo.erra(a)unibas.it
For any questions related to the special session, please contact us via
email.
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*** Fifth Call for Contributions ***
ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good
(GoodIT 2022)
7–9 September, 2022, 5* St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus
https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/
Scope
The ACM GoodIT conference seeks papers describing significant research
contributions related to the application of information technologies (IT) to social
good. Social good is typically defined as something that provides a benefit to the
general …
[View More]public. In this context, clean air and water, Internet connection, education,
and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media
innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the
term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of
individuals, technology, and collaboration to create a positive societal impact.
GoodIT solicits papers that address important research challenges related to, but not
limited to:
• Citizen science
• Civic intelligence
• Decentralized approaches to IT
• Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage
• Environmental monitoring
• Ethical computing
• Frugal solutions for IT
• Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications
• Health and social care
• IT for automotive
• IT for development
• IT for education
• IT for smart living
• Privacy, trust and ethical issues in ICT solutions
• Smart governance and e-administration
• Social informatics
• Socially responsible IT solutions
• Sustainable cities and transportation
• Sustainable IT
• Technology addressing the digital divide
Paper Submission
The papers should not exceed eleven (11) pages single-column, including figures,
tables, and references in the new ACM format
(https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ).
They must be original works and must not have been previously published.
At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the
work at the conference; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the
proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference
proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library.
In addition to a Main Track, the conference features 9 additional Special Tracks.
More information on these tracks is available on the conference web site.
Journal Special Issues and Best Paper Award
Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to two special
journal issues:
• FGCS, Elsevier (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems)
• MDPI Sensors, where the theme of the special issue will be "Application of
Information Technology (IT) to Social Good"
(https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/topical_collection_good… ).
Specifically 5 papers will be invited free of charge and another 5 papers will get a
20% discount on the publication fees.
Furthermore, MDPI Sensors will sponsor a Best Paper Award with the amount of
400 CHF.
Work-in-Progress and PhD Track
Inside ACM GoodIT, the Work-in-Progress and PhD Track provides an opportunity to
showcase interesting new work that is still at an early stage. We encourage
practitioners and researchers to submit to the Work-in-Progress venue as it provides
a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting feedback on early-stage
work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Moreover, this
track provides a platform for PhD students to present and receive feedback on their
ongoing research. Students at different stages of their research will have the
opportunity to present and discuss their research questions, goals, methods and
results. This is an opportunity to obtain guidance on various aspects of their research
from established researchers and other PhD students working in research areas
related to technologies for social good.
Important: For this specific track, papers must not exceed nine (9) pages
single column, including figures, tables, and references in the new
ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ).
Submission Instructions
All papers must be submitted electronically via the hotcrp web site
(https://goodit2022.hotcrp.com ). Once on the submission page, you will be able to
select the track where to submit your paper.
Important Dates
• Submission deadline for all types of contributions: 23 May 2022
• Notification of acceptance: 20 June 2022
• Camera-ready submission and author registration: 11 July 2022
Conference Committees
https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/
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*DEADLINE EXTENSION -> April 19, 2022 (new hard deadline)*
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*7th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional
Development**
*
*2022:**TOWARDS THE POLYPHONIC CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW NORMALITY*
*July 5-6, 2022*
/*Bucharest, Romania (hybrid)*/
slerd.…
[View More]uniroma2.it <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/>
Contacts:
1st: mihai [dot] dascalu [at] upb [dot] ro
2nd: aslerd [dot] org [at] gmail [dot] com
To keep updated join the ASLERD
LinkedIn page -> link <https://www.linkedin.com/groups/5103530/>
Facebook page -> link
<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063631144119>
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Deadline for paper submission:
*/*April 19, 2022 (new hard deadline)
*/*call for papers <http://slerd.uniroma2.it/call-for-papers/>
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*
*SLERD 2022* is organized by /University Politehnica of Bucharest /in
collaboration with /ASLERD/ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASLERD>/./
*
*
/*Short Intro*/
After the shock of the pandemic, learning ecosystems – and in particular
schools, universities, and territorial learning communities – all over
the world – are facing a new phase characterized by the search for and
the experimentation of ways to their “*new normality*“. This is within a
world that seeks to protect at best and incentivize the economic
recovery that although relevant is still subjected to enormous risks.
Among the main areas on which most of the industrialized countries and
Europe are focusing on, there are: the transitions towards a green and
circular economy, smart digitization of the production processes, social
innovation, active citizen participation supported by technologies, and,
finally, the education for all. In such a context,*collaboration*is
emerging as an approach and an attitude of considerable relevance that
stays also at the basis of the polyphonic construction of the future of
learning ecosystems.
Alongside/collaboration/, on the technological side, it continues to
rise the relevance of intelligent systems, generically collected under
the label of*Artificial Intelligence*(AI); concurrently, on the
pedagogical side,*competences*have become the goal of future education,
also in the attempt to close the skill gap, which represents one of the
greatest dangers for the transition towards smarter productive systems
and societies.
Competences and AI, by the way, are also topics that intersect and
influence each other and rise questions of*ethical nature*. Last but not
least, they are likely to require an organizational and didactic
revolution of the learning ecosystems, thus requiring to question the
possible consequences in order to build a more adequate future. In turn,
this step requires inspiration from best practices to leverage the
advantage of the growth of individuals and the expectations of the
communities.
What should we expect for future learning ecosystems? How “smart
learning ecosystems” are changing? How such changes may be related to
the achievement of “a better learning for a better world
<http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/aslerd/docs/TIMISOARA_DECLARATI…>”
as a contribution to theUnited Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
<https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld>?
How will they contribute to the reduction of inequalities and, at the
same time, to the empowering of each individual according to his
expectations and talents?
/Smart /referred to /learning ecosystems,/ in ASLERD and SLERD contexts,
does not simply means “technology enhanced”. The smartness is a more
complex multilayered construct related to the wellbeing of the players
operating in the ecosystems and is affected by the improvement of any
relevant aspects of the learning processes and ecosystem functioning,
especially if connected with territorial development and social innovation.
Technologies are mediators. Hopefully they should be included but they
are not a “sine qua non”.
The achievement of the learning ecosystems’ smartness is a process that
need a long term vision, multidisciplinary competences, an attitude to
understand people and contexts and to mediate point of views, a dynamic
resilience to keep on track to achieve, step by step, the foreseen goals.
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/*Important dates:*/
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• Deadline for papers submission: *April 19**, 2022 (hard deadline)*
• Notification to the authors: May 13, 2022
• Camera ready paper: May 23, 2022
• Conference: July 5-6, 2022
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/*Submissions:*/
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SLERD contributions of min. 4500 words and max. 16 pages.
Papers should be written according to the */Spinger Instruction for
Authors/* of the series /Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies/:
https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conferen…
Link to the /*paper submission page on easy chair:*/
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=slerd2022
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