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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(68,68,68)">Call for Papers</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></span><p style="text-align:center"><br></p><p style="text-align:center">2015 International Symposium on Web of Things and Big Data</p>
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<p style="text-align:center">October 2015, Manama, Bahrain </p>
<p style="text-align:center">in conjunction with </p>
<p style="text-align:center"><a href="http://econf.uob.edu.bh/conf5/Default.htm" target="_blank">The Fifth International Conference on e-learning: Cognitively Informed Technology, October 2015, Bahrain </a></p>
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<p align="justify">The aim of International Symposium on Web of
Things and Big Data (WoTBD 2015) is to foster interaction of
researchers, exchange of new ideas, and to enhance communication between
academia and industry in the area of Web of Things. The development in
Internet of Things (IoT) is growing fast that has leads to connecting
millions of devices through the internet, it is well known today as Web
of Things. Big data is high volume, high velocity, and/or high variety
information assets that require new forms of processing to enable
enhanced decision making, insight discovery and process optimization.
WoTBD 2015 is co-located with The Fifth International Conference and
Exhibition on "Cognitively Informed Technology" from 5th to 8th of
October 2015, Manama, Bahrain.</p>
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<p align="justify"><b>Symposium topics include (but are not limited to) the following:</b></p>
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<ul><li>Sensor Networks</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Embedded Web Resources </li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Mobile Internet of Things</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Data Mining</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Cloud computing</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Cloud infrastructure for mobile application development</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Internet of Things device or circuit design</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Internet of Things applications and services</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Smart Home and Smart cities.</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Security for homes, businesses and public settings</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Internet of Things analytics</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Big Data Models and Algorithms</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Big Data Architectures</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Big Data Management</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Security Applications of Big Data</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Mobile Applications Architecture and Design</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Healthcare at home and in hospitals </li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>Semantic web technologies</li><li><span dir="ltr"> </span>RFID</li></ul>
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<p><b>Journal Special Issue</b> <br>
Extended version of selected papers in the Symposium will be published as special issue on <a href="http://journals.uob.edu.bh/computing" target="_blank"><b>The International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems (IJCDS)</b></a> <br>
<a href="http://journals.uob.edu.bh/Computing/Documents/IJCDS%20template.docx" target="_blank"><b>Papers must be formatted according to IJCDS format</b></a></p>
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<p align="justify">Authors are invited to submit original and
unpublished research works on above and other topics related to Web of
Things and Big Data. Submitted papers must not have been published or
simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Please, indicate clearly the
corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no
more than 400 words. Submitted research papers may not overlap with
papers that have already been published or that are simultaneously
submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Each paper
will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based
on their originality, relevance, contributions, technical clarity and
presentation. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the
authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Authors of
accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and
presented at the Symposium. </p>
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<div align="justify">Paper Format </div>
<p align="justify">The submitted paper must be formatted according to<span> IEEE manuscript templates. The IEEE Template can be found at</span><a href="http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html" target="_blank"> IEEE - Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings</a></p>
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<p align="justify">Submitted technical papers must be no longer than 6 pages including all figures, tables and references. </p>
<div align="justify">Paper Submission </div>
<p align="justify">Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically using the <a href="https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=20451&track=72851" target="_blank">The Online EDAS conference management system</a> in PDF format before the deadline (see Important Dates).</p>
<p align="justify">The submission processes will be managed by <a href="https://edas.info/" target="_blank">EDAS</a>.
If you have used this system before, you can use the same username
and password. If this is your first time using EDAS, you will need to
register for an account by clicking <a href="https://edas.info/newPerson.php?noauth=1" target="_blank"> "create a new account"</a>
button. Upon completion of registration, you will get a notification
email from the system and you are ready for submitting your paper. You
can upload and re-upload the paper to the system by the submission due
date. </p>
<div align="justify">Publication </div>
<p align="justify">All accepted papers will be scheduled for oral
presentations and will be printed in WoTBD'2015 symposium proceedings
and published in the conference workshops proceedings, which is
published in <a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp" target="_blank">IEEE xplore Digital Library</a>. </p>
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<td valign="top"><p><b>Dr. Wael M El-Medany</b><br>
Department Of Computer Engineering,<br>
University Of Bahrain, Bahrain<br>
<a href="mailto:welmedany@uob.edu.bh" target="_blank">welmedany@uob.edu.bh</a><b></b></p></td>
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