*** IJCNN/WCCI 2016 Special Session Call for Papers ***


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IJCNN/WCCI 2016 Special Session on “Smart Educational Techniques in Big Data Age”

URL: http://www.set2016.conferences.academy/
Submission System: http://www.wcci2016.org/submission.php


Accepted papers will appear in the IJCNN/WCCI 2016 proceedings to be published by IEEE.

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Important Dates
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Paper Submission Due: 		15/01/2016
Author Notification Due: 	15/03/2016
Camera Ready Due: 		15/04/2016


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Conference Scope
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Data mining provides educational institutions the capability to explore, visualize and analyze large amounts of data in order to reveal valuable patterns in students' learning behaviors without having to resort to traditional survey methods. Turning raw data into useful information and knowledge also enables educational institutions to improve teaching and learning practices, and to facilitate the decision-making process in educational settings. Thus, it is becoming important for researchers to exploit the abundant data generated by various educational systems for enhancing teaching, learning and decision making.

In addition, the development and training of teachers in regional area can be also improved by adopting smart techniques in the big data age. How to get these tasks done smartly and effectively is another important issue that could be potentially addressed in Big data age.


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Topics of Interest
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Papers are invited in the areas below, but do not exclude research in the general areas of the topic headings.

(1) Data mining in education
-	Learning analytics
-	"Big Data" applications and opportunities in learning and education
-	Integrating data mining and pedagogical theory
-	Data mining with emerging pedagogical environments such as educational games and MOOCs

(2) Smart Educational Techniques
-	Recommender systems for learning
-	Case studies in Educational Data
-	Data Driven Performance Evaluation


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Paper Submissions
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Manuscripts submitted to special sessions should be done through the paper submission website of IEEE WCCI 2016. 

http://www.wcci2016.org/submission.php

Please make sure that papers submitted to their special session clearly indicate the name of the special session the paper belongs to. 

Main Research Topic: “Ti: Smart Educational Techniques in Big Data Age”

All papers submitted to special sessions will be subject to the same peer-review procedure as the regular papers.

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Organizers
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	Dr Guandong Xu, University Technology Sydney, Australia 
	Dr Gang Li, Deakin University, Australia
	Dr Wu He, Old Dominion University, USA