[AISWorld] SmartWorld 2018: Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline Extended to April 8

[Anna Kobusińska]

CALL FOR WORKSHOP AND SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS

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The 4th IEEE Smart World Congress (SmartWorld 2018)
October 8-12, 2018
Guangzhou, China
http://www.smart-world.org/2018/

SmartWorld 2018 calls for workshops and special sessions which will
complement the research topics of the Smart World.

A workshop refers to an academic event in conjunction with SmartWorld
2018. A special session is an embedded session in SmartWorld 2018,
focusing on a specific research topic relevant to the main conference.
Each workshop will be expected to accept at least 6 papers. Each special
session will be expected to accept 4-6 full-length papers.

Workshop/special session organizers are responsible for forming program
committees, circulating Call for papers, organizing submissions and
reviews as well as planning the final programs. SmartWorld 2018
workshop/special session co-chairs will assist the workshop/special
session organizers in organizing workshops/special sessions and ensure
their quality and success. The registration fees for workshops/special
sessions will be determined by the organizing committees of SmartWorld
2018, which will provide workshop/special session facilities.
Workshops/special sessions should strictly follow the important dates.
The paper submission deadlines could be after that of the main
conference to allow workshops/special sessions to pick up some good
papers submitted to the main conference. However, sufficient time (5-7
weeks), should be allocated for peer reviews. Each paper should be
reviewed by at least three experts in the corresponding areas.

In order to encourage the workshop organizers, the main conference will
offer the following benefits to the workshop organizers: (1) If a
workshop has 10-20 full registrations, then one full registration will
be waived. (2) If a workshop receives more than 20 full registrations,
then its organizers can choose to get a travel grant (up to USD1500) to
attend the conference, or to invite one keynote speaker for the workshop
with a free registration and travel grant (up to USD1500) for the
keynote speaker. The registrations must be from a workshop’s own
received submissions and accepted papers only, excluding transferred
papers from other workshops/conferences.

Please email your workshop/special session proposals in PDF format by
Feb. 8, 2018 to: the SmartWorld 2018 workshop/special session co-chairs,
Manuel Roveri (roveri at elet.polimi.it), Seiichi Ozawa
(ozawasei at kobe-u.ac.jp) and Qin Liu (gracelq628 at hnu.edu.cn). Please use
SmartWorld 2018 workshop and special session proposal as the email
subject. Paper Submissions for accepted workshop/special session should
follow the same Paper Submission Guidelines for the main conference. The
length of a workshop paper submission may be about 6 pages.

Workshop & Special Session - Important Dates
- Proposal due: April 8, 2018 (Extended Firm Deadline)
- Proposal notification: Within two weeks after submission
- Submission & notification dues: To be decided by individual
workshop/Special Session
- Camera ready version due: August 8, 2018

Contact

Please email inquiries concerning Smartworld 2018 to Conference
Organizers: SmartWorld2018Guangzhou at googlegroups.com.

Prof. Guojun Wang, General Chair of SmartWorld 2018
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Dr. Guojun Wang, Pearl River Scholarship Distinguished Professor
Director of Institute of Computer Networks,
Vice Dean of School of Computer Science and Educational Software,
Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,
P. R. China, 510006
Tel/Fax: +86-20-39366920, Mobile: +86-13360581866
Email: csgjwang at gzhu.edu.cn; csgjwang at gmail.com
http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/publications.html
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