[ITCS 2011 Call for Papers] =============================================================================== The 3rd International Conference on Information Technology Convergence and Services (ITCS 2011) http://www.ftrai.org/itcs2011/ Gwangju, Korea, October 20-22, 2011 Published by Springer-LNEE (EI and SCOPUS Index) =============================================================================== ** Important Notices ** [Important Date] Submission due: June 15, 2011 (extended) All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings as one of Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) series published by Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS). [Special Issues] Distinguished papers accepted and presented in the ITCS-11, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals: - Journal of Internet Technology (JIT)- Taiwan Academic Network, MoE (SCIE) - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (JIM) - Springer (SCIE) - SENSORS Journal - Molecular Diversity Preservation International (SCI-E) - International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - Inderscience (SCOPUS Index) - Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) - Springer - International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience - Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA - Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS) - KIPS (KCIE) =============================================================================== ---------------------- Introduction ---------------------- The 3rd International Conference on Information Technology Convergence and Services (ITCS-11) will be held in Gwangju, Korea on October 20-22, 2011. The ITCS-11 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of advances in information technology convergence, applications, and services. The ITCS-11 will provide an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of ITCS. In addition, the conference will publish high quality papers which are closely related to the various theories, modeling, and practical applications in ITCS. Furthermore, we expect that the conference and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject. The ITCS-11 is the next event in a series of highly successful International Conference on Information Technology Convergence and Services(ITCS-10), previously held in Cebu, Philippines on August 11-13, 2010. --------------------------------------------- TOPICS (included, but are not limited to) ---------------------------------------------- * Track 1. Advanced Computational Science and Applications - Algorithms and data structures - Programming languages and compilers - Concurrent, parallel, and distributed systems - Software engineering - Computer architecture and theory of computation - Communications, Cryptography and Security - Database and Date mining - Artificial intelligence - Computer graphics and Games * Track 2. Advanced Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Technology - Electronics - Sensors - Electronic Displays - Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technologies - Electromagnetic Theory - Physical Design - Neural Control, Fuzzy Control, Genetic Control - Industrial Control, Control for Electric Machines - Robotic Networks, Mechatronics - Electronics for Control, Electrical and Electronic Measurement - Telecommunication Systems - Communication Electronics - Military Communications - Wireless and Mobile Computing - Other Applications * Track 3. Intelligent Manufacturing Technology and Services - Computer integrated manufacturing - Agile manufacturing - Flexible manufacturing systems - Virtual manufacturing - Business process re-engineering for manufacturing - Multi-sensory systems - knowledge engineering based systems - Manufacturing systems - Foundations of service science, theory, complexity, modeling - Service computing, cloud/utility/Web computing, SOA - Service oriented process integration and management - Service design and planning - Service quality and operation management - Service oriented enterprise information systems - Integration of SOA and Web Service and its applications - Service mining in marketing, customer relationship management, business intelligence * Track 4. Advanced Management Information Systems and Services - Strategic Use of Information Resource - Organization Impacts of Information Systems Use - Information Technology and the Design of Work - Information Technology and Changing Business Processes - Using Information Ethically - Management Information Systems Organization - Funding IT - Knowledge Management * Track 5. Electronic Commerce, Business and Management - e-Business Strategy and Behavioral Issues - e-Business Evaluation - B2B e-Business Impacts - e-Commerce - e-Security - Electronic Marketplace & Economics - Business Value of e-Business - Econometric Models of e-Commerce Development - Global e-Commerce Diffusion - e-Marketing - Mobile business - e-Health - e-Government - Tourism e-Business - e-Business Policies & Regulation - e-Business Applications - Business Collaboration & e-Services * Track 6. Intelligent Vehicular Systems and Communications - Interworking with sensor network technologies for IVC - Multimedia content distribution for IVC - Network architecture and protocol for IVC (Intelligent Vehicular Communication) - Scalability issues for IVC - Security and privacy issues for IVC - Traffic and flow control issues for IVC - User interfaces for IVC - Vehicular network management for IVC - Vehicular wireless communications applications and services for IVC - Vehicular telematics based on emerging wireless technologies for IVC * Track 7. Bio-inspired Computing and Applications - Neural networks - Evolutionary computing and genetic algorithms - DNA and molecular computing (including wet-lab results) - Membrane computing - Biological computing - Swarm intelligence - Autonomy-oriented computing - Cellular and molecular automata - Bioinformatics and cheminformatics - Computational biology and drug design - Systems biology and synthetic biology - Computational genomics and proteomics - Computational neuroscience - Artificial life and artificial immune systems - Biological implementation and molecular implementation - DNA nanotechnology * Track 8. Advanced IT Medical Engineering - Biomedical imaging, image processing & visualization - Bioelectrical and neural engineering - Biomaterials and biomedical optics - Biomechanics and bio-transport - Methods and biology effects of NMR/CT/ECG technology - Biomedical devices, sensors, and artificial organs - Biochemical, cellular, molecular and tissue engineering - Biomedical robotics and mechanics - Rehabilitation engineering and clinical engineering - Health monitoring systems and wearable system - Bio-signal processing and analysis - Biometric and bio-measurement - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology - Health Care Technology - Ethical Issues Associated with Medical Technology * Track 9. Modeling and Services for Intelligent Building, Town, and City - Intelligent Building, Town, and City Facility Management - Intelligent Building, Town, and City System - Advanced HVAC Systems - Advanced Energy Conversion Systems - Application of Air Pollution Modeling and Control - Architectural Acoustics and Audio Systems - Computational Methods in Building Environment Design - Energy Management in Buildings - Facilities and Quality Management - Indoor Air Quality Technology and Management - Materials in Built Environment - Occupational Safety and Health Issues in Buildings - Risk Management and Decision-Making in Intelligent Building - Vibrations and Mechanical Signature Analysis - Electrical Facilities in Intelligent Buildings - Intelligent Building Automation and Control Systems - Financial Assessment of Intelligent Building Systems ----------------------------- SUBMISSION and Publicatoions ----------------------------- There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentations in any of the areas of interest for this conference. Authors should submit a paper with 6-8 pages in length, including all figures, tables, and references. If you want to submit more than page limitation, you can add up to 2 extra pages with the appropriate fee payment. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS). Papers must strictly adhere to page limits as follows. - Full Paper: 8 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost) - Regular Paper: 6 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost) - Poster Paper: 2 pages (FTRA Publishing Proceeding with ISBN) Papers exceeding the page limits will be rejected without review. Please use the Springer Proceedings format for submission. Template is available here: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Submission system: http://www.editorialsystem.net/itcs2011/ Distinguished papers accepted and presented in the ITCS-11, after further revisions, will be published in the special issues of the following international journals: - Journal of Internet Technology (JIT)- Taiwan Academic Network, MoE (SCIE) - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (JIM) - Springer (SCIE) - SENSORS Journal - Molecular Diversity Preservation International (SCI-E) - International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - Inderscience (SCOPUS Index) - Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) - Springer - International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience - Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA - Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS) - KIPS (KCIE) ----------------- Important Dates ----------------- Paper Submission deadline : June 15, 2011 (extended) Acceptacne Notification : July 10, 2011 Camera-ready Due : August 1, 2011 Registration Due : TBA (http://www.ftrai.org/itcs2011/registration.php) Conference Dates : October 20 - 22, 2011 -------------- ORGANIZATION -------------- ==Steering Chair== James J.(Jong Hyuk) Park, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea ==General Chairs== Hamid R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, USA Hang-Bae Chang, Daejin University, Korea ==General Vice Chair== Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, Korea ==Program Chairs== Ilsun You, Korean Bible University, Korea Sajid Hussain, Fisk University, USA Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China == Workshop/Special Session Chairs == Naveen Chilamkurti, La Trobe University, Australia Yang Sun Lee, Chosun University, Korea Leomar S. Rosa Junior, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil ==International Advisory Board Committee== Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA Sang-Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea Han-Chieh Chao, National Ilan University, TAIWAN, ROC Andrew Kusiak, The University of Iowa, USA ==Publicity Chairs== Neeli Prasad, Aarhaus University, Denmark Qingsong Cai, Beijing Technology and Business University, China Hongjoo Lee, Kyonggi University, Korea NAK-SEON SEONG, ETRI, Korea David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Sang Oh Park, Chungang University, Korea ==Local Arrangement Chairs== Hyuk-jun Kwon, Yonsei University, Korea Yang-hoon Kim, Daejin University, Korea ==Registration & Finance Chairs== Jong-gu Kang, Daejin University, Korea ==Program Committee== http://www.ftrai.org/itcs2011/committee.php ================================================================================================ Call for Workshop Proposals Several workshops will be held in conjunction with ITCS 2011 with the aim to explore special topics and provide international forums for scientists, engineers, and computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results on hot topics on Information Technology Convergence and Services. Workshops for presenting papers from industrial companies and papers on implementations of systems and services are very welcome. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS). In general, a workshop takes one day, although multiple-days and half-day workshops are welcome. Please send a workshop proposal by May 30, 2011 to Workshop Co-chairs. Financial Support for Workshop Organizer: If a workshop were organized successfully, the organizer (1 organizer per 1 workshop) will get: * At least 10 papers registration: Free 1 registration * At least 20 papers registration: Free 2 registration ==Important Dates== June 10, 2011 Workshop Proposal Submission Due June 25, 2011 Workshop Acceptance Notification Aug. 1, 2011 Camera-ready paper due Oct. 20-22, 2011 Workshop/Conference events ================================================================================================ ----------------------- CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------------- For further information regarding the conference and paper submission, please contact to Prof. Jong Hyuk Park (parkjonghyuk1@hotmail.com) and Prof. Hangbae Chang (hbchang@daejin.ac.kr).