[AISWorld] First call for SACLA 2019 papers

[Jan Kroeze]

SACLA 2019  - CALL FOR PAPERS (see http://sacla2019.unisa.ac.za)


SACLA 2019 will be taking place from 15 – 17 July 2019 in the Northern
Drakensberg at Alpine Heath. Please save the dates in your diary and start
preparing your submissions, planning and preparations for joining us in
2019.


SACLA 2019, the 48th Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer
Lecturers’ Association, provides a forum for the presentation and
discussion of original research and practical experiences in teaching and
learning of Computing and related disciplines.


The conference programme will include full academic papers, short and
discussion papers, panels/workshops, plenary keynote addresses, and
demonstrations of innovative tools from researchers and industrial
partners.


The conference theme for 2019 is "Computing Matters of Course!" In line
with this theme, we invite national and international submissions that
focus on practical experiences and successes in Computing education at
tertiary level, in the following topic areas:
• Classroom innovation, and assessment of the impact thereof
• Novel tools developed, or novel use of existing tools, for learning
and/or assessment
• Research undertaken to investigate aspects of Computing education
The intention is to help each other become better Computing lecturers.


SUBMISSIONS
• FULL PAPERS (maximum of 16 pages) that report on completed research,
inclusive of results.
• SHORT PAPERS (maximum of 8 pages) that report on work in progress with
significant intermediate results.
• DISCUSSION PAPERS ABSTRACTS (maximum of 3 pages) that cover the
conference theme and are of a basic academic standard.
• PROPOSALS FOR PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS (maximum of 3 pages). Panel
discussion proposals should include the names of panel members.


REVIEW PROCESS
• Full paper submissions will be reviewed by at least three reviewers
following a double-blind peer review process.
• Papers will be evaluated according to their novel research contribution,
methodological soundness, theoretical framing and reference to related
work, quality of analysis, and quality of writing and presentation.
• Only unpublished research papers in English will be considered.
• Papers may be evaluated for originality by using an online tool such as
Turnitin.
• Short papers and discussion paper abstracts will be evaluated by
programme committee members, but will not be double-blind peer reviewed.

All accepted papers must be presented at the conference.


PUBLICATION
• It is planned that a fine selection of the conference's best full papers
shall appear in a Springer Communications in Computer and Information
Science (CCIS) volume. CCIS is abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar,
EI-Compendex, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, and Scopus. CCIS volumes are
also submitted for inclusion in ISI Proceedings. These papers should be
DHET subsidy-bearing. See, for example, the SACLA 2017 publication:
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319696690.
• Accepted full papers not selected for the Springer publication will be
included in the SACLA 2019 proceedings, to be made available on the SACLA
2019 web site. These papers should be DHET subsidy-bearing.
• Full papers not accepted for either the CCIS volume or the SACLA 2019
proceedings may be reworked to a short or discussion paper. All accepted
short papers (author agreement required) will be included in Addendum A in
the SACLA 2019 proceedings, to be made available on the SACLA 2019 web
site. These papers are not DHET subsidy-bearing.
• Accepted discussion paper abstracts will be included (author agreement
required) in Addendum B in the SACLA 2019 proceedings, to be made available
on the SACLA 2019 web site. These papers are not DHET subsidy-bearing.


AUTHOR GUIDELINES
• All papers must follow the CCIS template, which is located on the
Springer website at:
http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
• Authors should guarantee the anonymity of their submissions by removing
names and affiliations from the first page and elsewhere in the paper that
would allow reviewers to easily identify authors.
• All papers must be submitted via Easy Chair at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sacla2019 (opens 1 November 2018).
• The deadline for paper submission is 28 February 2019, with notification
of paper acceptance 10 April 2019.

Any queries about the conference should be directed to the conference
secretariat on chimbb at unisa.ac.za.


For more information, visit the conference web site at
http://sacla2019.unisa.ac.za


Regards


Bobby Tait, University of South Africa, Co-programme Chair (Computer
Science)
Jan Kroeze, University of South Africa, Co-programme Chair (Information
Systems)