[AISWorld] Call for Papers: The 18th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2018)

[Maiga Chang]

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 18th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2018)
IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India
July 9-13, 2018
http://www.ieee-icalt.org 

Deadline: January 20, 2018

ICALT is an annual international conference on Advanced Learning Technologies and Technology-enhanced Learning organized by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. After its kick-off as IWALT in Palmerston North, New Zealand (2000), ICALT has been held in Madison, USA (2001), Kazan, Russia (2002), Athens, Greece (2003), Joensuu, Finland (2004), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2005), Kerkade, The Netherlands (2006), Niigata, Japan (2007), Santander, Spain (2008), Riga, Latvia (2009), Sousse, Tunisia (2010), Athens, Georgia, USA (2011), Rome, Italy (2012), Beijing, China (2013), Athens, Greece (2014), Hualien, Taiwan (2015), Austin, Texas, USA (2016) and Timisoara, Romania (2017).

The 18th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2018) will be hosted by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Bombay, India. IIT Bombay was set up in 1958 as the second in the chain of IITs, in post-Independence India. Since then, IIT Bombay has grown to emerge as one of the top technical universities in the world. ICALT 2018 will be hosted by the Inter-Disciplinary Program in Educational Technology (IDP-ET, http://www.et.iitb.ac.in), set up in 2010 as an academic unit in IIT Bombay. The IDP-ET offers a PhD program. The focus of the IDP-ET is research, teaching and development projects to engineer research-based solutions that work under local conditions. 


ICALT2018 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dejian Liu, President and CEO of NetDragon Websoft, R.P. China
More to be added soon…


IMPORTANT DATES
January 20, 2018: Submissions of papers (Full paper, Short paper, Poster)
March 15, 2018: Authors’ Notification on the review process results
May 2, 2018: Authors’ Registration Deadline
May 2, 2018: Final Camera-Ready Manuscript and IEEE Copyright Form submission
May 16, 2018: Early Bird Registration
July 9-13, 2018: ICALT2018 Conference


SUBMISSIONS
We invite submission of papers reporting original academic or industrial research in the area of on Advanced Learning Technologies and Technology-enhanced Learning. There are fourteen tracks in ICALT 2018:
Track 1. Technologies for Open Learning and Education (i-OPENLearn)
Track 2. Adaptive and Personalized Technology-Enhanced Learning (APTeL)
Track 3. Wireless, Mobile, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning (WMUTE)
Track 4. Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL)
Track 5. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)
Track 6. Big Data in Education and Learning Analytics (BDELA)
Track 7. Technology-Enhanced Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (TeSTEM)
Track 8. Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)
Track 9. Technology Enabled Learning of Thinking Skills (TELoTS)
Track 10. Technology Supported Education for People with Disabilities (TeDISABLE)
Track 11. Artificial Intelligence and Smart Learning Environments (AISLE)
Track 12. Augmented Reality and Virtual Worlds in Education and Training (ARVWET)
Track 13. Motivational and Affective Aspects in Technology-enhanced Learning (MA-TEL)
Track 14. Applications of Semantic Web technologies for Learning (SW-EL)


All papers will be doubleblindly peer-reviewed. Complete papers are required to be reviewed. The expected types of submissions include:
The anticipated types of submissions for all tracks are:
• Full paper: 5 pages
• Short paper: 3 pages
• Posters: 2 pages

Please submit your manuscript using the EasyChair Conference System at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icalt2018.
If you have any problems with the above web submission form, you can contact ICALT 2018 Office at: icalt2018 at gmail.com (Subject: ICALT2018 Submission Enquiry) and the Chairs will contact you for further assistance.


CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Hosted by
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Organized by
The IEEE Computer Society
The IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology

Conference Proceedings are published by
The IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services

Supported by
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India


CONTACT INFORMATION
General Inquiries: icalt2018 at gmail.com


CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
General Chairs
Ronghuai Huang, Beijing Normal University, R.P. China
Kinshuk, University of North Texas, USA
Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece & Curtin University, Australia
Kannan Moudgalya, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

General Program Chairs
Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Sahana Murthy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Doctoral Program Chairs
Michail N. Giannakos, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, Romania 
Rustam Shadiev, Nanjing Normal University, China

Publicity Chair
Diana Andone, Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
Vincent Wai-Leuk Tam, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Local Committee Chair
Sridhar Iyer, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Finance Chair
Sridhar Iyer, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Conference Manager
Ashutosh Raina, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Local Organizing Committee
M. Sasikumar, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Mumbai, India; IIT Bombay, India
Ritayan Mitra, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Chandan Dasgupta, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Advisory Committee
Ignacio Aedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Mohamed Jemni, University of Tunis, Tunisia
Claude Frasson, University of Montreal, Canada
Michael Spector, University of North Texas, USA
Radu Vasiu, Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
S. Ramani, International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, India
Deepak Phatak, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Mangala Sunder, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India