[ecoop-info] CFP - The 14th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2014)

[Ioanna Dionysiou]

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The 14th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT 2014)
(http://meeting.xidian.edu.cn/conference/cit2014/)
Sept. 11th - 13th, 2014, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

CIT has become a major platform for researchers and industry practitioners from different fields of computer and information technology. Each year, CIT attendees appreciate and benefit from multidisciplinary exchanges in computer and information technology. In previous years, CIT has attracted many high quality research papers spanning over the various aspects of information technology, computing science and computer engineering. These papers highlight foundational work that strives to push beyond limits of existing computer technologies, including experimental efforts, innovative systems, and investigations that identify weaknesses in existing IT services.

CITí14 will be held on Sept. 11th-13th, 2014 in Xi’an, Shaanxi, China. The goal of CIT 2014 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers and researchers to discuss and exchange novel ideas, results, experiences and work-in-process on all aspects of computer and information technology.

The CIT 2014 topics include but are not limited to the following, and the detail information for each track could be found in CIT 2014 website (http://meeting.xidian.edu.cn/conference/cit2014/cfp.html)

Track 1.	Information Technology
Track 2.	Computer Science
Track 3.	Signal Processing 
Track 4.	Networking and Internet of Things
Track 5.	Reliability, Security, Privacy and Trust
Track 6.	Applications, Business and Social Issues
Track 7.	Database and Data Management
Track 8.	Microwave and radar 
Track 9.	System Software and Software Engineering
Track 10.	Pattern Recognition, Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence
Track 11.	Information Technology for Biomedicine
Track 12.	Wireless Communications
Track 13.	Mobile Multimedia Communications

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline: April 1st, 2014
Author Notification: May 20th, 2014
Camera Ready: June 20th, 2014
Registration Deadline: June 20th, 2014

WORKSHOPS 
The CIT 2014 Organizing Committee invites proposals for one-day workshops affiliated with the conference and addressing research areas related to the conference. The workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Submit workshop proposals to workshops chairs via emails (Contact: ieee-cit-2014 at googlegroups.com).

PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers need to be prepared according to the IEEE format, and submitted in PDF format via the CIT 2014 submission site: http://meeting.xidian.edu.cn/conference/cit2014/sub/.

PAPER PUBLICATION 
Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press (indexed by EI). Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be published in special issues of reputable journals (SCI Indexed).

COMMITTEE

Honorary Chair
Jiandong Li, Xidian University, China

General Chairs
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA
Zheng Yan, Xidian Univ., China /Aalto Univ., Finland

Program Chairs
Alvin Chin, Nokia, China
Valtteri Niemi, University of Turku, Finland
Bin Song, Xidian University, China

Vice Program Co-Chairs
Track 1: IT
    Baoming Bai, Xidian University, China
    Andy Li, University of Florida, USA

Track 2: Computer Science
    Peng Zhang, Xi'an University of Post and Telecommunication, China
    Ting Liu, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Track 3: Signal Processing
    Yuanqiang Xia, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
    Wen Ji, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Track 4: Networking and Internet of Things
    Yulei Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
    Julien Bourgeois, University of Franche-Comte, France

Track 5: Reliability, Security, Privacy and Trust
    Hui Li, Xidian University, China
    S. Felix Wu, University of California at Davis, USA

Track 6: Applications, Business and Social Science
    Bin Guo, NWPU, China
    Ning Wang, Oxford Internet Institute, UK

Track 7: Database and Database Management
    Jianwei Niu, Beihang University, China
    Koustuv Dasgupta, Xerox, India

Track 8: Microwave and Radar
    Lan Du, Xidian University, China
    Yantao Guo, Science and Technology on Information Transmission 
                and Dissemination in Communication Networks Laboratory, China

Track 9: System Software and Software Engineering
    Christian Prehofer, An-Institut der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
    Kari Systa, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Track 10: Pattern Recognition, Data Mining and AI
    Junze Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
    Xiaolong Jin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Track 11: IT for Biomedicine
    Changle Li, Xidian University, China
    Wenxi Chen, University of Aizu, Japan

Track 12: Wireless Communications
    Min Sheng, Xidian University, China
    Tony Quek, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Track 13: Mobile Multimedia Communications
    Yunsong Li, Xidian University, China
    Yu You, Nokia, Finland

Workshop Chairs
Jun Liu, Xiían Jiaotong University, China
Xinyi Huang, Fujian Normal University, China
Hossain Shahriar, Kennesaw State University, USA

Publication Chair
Yongzhao Li, Xidian University, China

Steering Committee
Daming Wei (chair), Professor Emeritus, University of Aizu, Japan
Laurence T. Yang (chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Goutam Chakrabarty, Iwate Prefectura lUniversity, Japan 
Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Xiangjian He, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Chunming Qiao, The State University of New York, USA
Chang-Sung Jeong, Korea University, Korea
Incheon Paik, University of Aizu, Japan
Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan
Xingang Liu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China
Geyong Min, University of Bradford, UK
George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Bofeng Zhang, Shanghai University, China
Jinjun Chen, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Publicity Chairs
Ioanna Dionysiou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Marinella Petrocchi, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica, CNR, Italy
Ye Tian, CNNIC, China

Demo/Exhibition Chairs
TBD

Local & Financial Chair
Hongxin Tian, Xidian University, China

Web Chairs
Rong Sun, Xidian University, China
Mingjun Wang, Xidian University, China

Technical Program Committee
See CIT 2014 website: http://meeting.xidian.edu.cn/conference/cit2014/