[hpc-announce] Deadline Extended to April 22nd :CALL FOR POSTERS, DEMOS and Ph.D FORUM in IEEE SMARTCOMP 2024

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10th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2024)
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1) CALL FOR POSTERS AND DEMOS

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The Posters session will provide a forum to discuss novel ideas and emerging results, present innovative applications and tools, and bring about novel research questions, approaches, and directions. The Demo session will particularly provide a forum to discuss preliminary works, platform design and implementation, verification and validation, empirical case studies, and other work that has the potential to advance the state of the art in CPS.
Authors of papers that received favorable reviews but could not be accepted to the Main track may be offered the opportunity to publish their submitted work in the Posters or Demo tracks.

[Topics]
Areas of interest include (but are not limited to):
* Future Smart Computing Paradigms
* Models of Smart Environments
* Algorithms for Smart Computing
* AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing
* Security, Privacy, and Trust issues in Smart Computing
* Fairness and Socio-technical issues of Smart Computing
* Cyber-physical System Platforms for Smart Environments
* Middleware Platforms for Smart Environments
* Mobile and Ubiquitous Platforms for Smart Environments
* Cloud, Edge and Fog Computing Platforms for Smart Systems
* Data Architectures and Analytics for Smart Computing
* Smart Computing for Smart and Connected Communities
* Smart green computing
* Social computing and smart systems
* Wearable computing and IoT for Smart Systems
* Architectures and Software for Smart Computing
* Novel communication paradigms (e.g., 5G/6G, VLC, DSA) in smart computing
* Quantum Computing in Smart Systems
* Interdisciplinary approaches to Smart Computing
* Applications of Smart Computing include:
    - Smart healthcare and digital epidemiology
    - Smart agriculture
    - Smart infrastructures
    - Smart cities
    - Smart energy, transportation, water distribution systems
    - Smart factories
    - Smart workspace

[Submission Guidelines]
Posters and Demo papers should be no more than 3 pages in length, including figures, tables, and references and formatted according to the two-column IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE conference template. Make sure to use the conference mode of the template, i.e., LaTeX users must use the conference option of the IEEEtran document class.
While the submission format is the same, the goals for Posters and Demo are different:

* Posters: we welcome short papers discussing early or ongoing research activities for Posters. Novel approaches and preliminary results are especially appreciated.

* Demo papers: they should naturally focus explicitly on the component that will be demonstrated to the audience and how the attendees will be able to interact. They should also contain an overview of the background research leading up to the Demo.
All submitted Posters and Demos will be subject to peer reviews by SMARTCOMP Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the conference to present the work.
Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (the PDF-A standard complies with that), through EDAS. Select Posters or Demo Track at the following link: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=31643__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!ZeW-ocS7MYwBjq9Kgo1lmXuOgAQqgW1T4A9agnNshGUX61k7WvXVVoGA0VmUTIq2F8SawDx0k3QfsdYUUlpu7sQm9h8$ . 

[Important Dates]
Paper submission: April 22, 2024 (Extended)
Acceptance notification: May 3, 2024
Camera ready: May 10, 2024

[Posters/Demos Co-Chairs]
Yuki Matsuda (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Francesco Betti Sorbelli (University of Perugia, Italy)


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2) Call for Presentations at the PhD Forum
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The Ph.D. Forum at SMARTCOMP 2024 provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present their work in progress to the scientific community and obtain individual feedback from leading researchers in the field. This forum is intended to provide doctoral students with a platform to interact with established researchers from both academia and industry and get useful guidance on the broader impacts of their research.
The Forum will be structured as a poster presentation session by the students, followed by collective discussions. The student poster presentations will be interleaved with speeches by leading researchers, who will provide their own perspectives on current and future research in the field, as well as on how to best pursue a Ph.D. in this context.
Current Ph.D. students at any stage of their career are encouraged to submit a 2-page extended abstract about their research to be considered for the Ph.D. Forum. The student should be the sole author, although the contributions of the advisor and others should be acknowledged. Submissions will be reviewed by the Ph.D. Forum program committee to ensure quality, relevance, and potential benefit from attendance at the Forum. Submissions are expected to include motivation of the importance and challenges to the particular problem, and some initial results that support either the importance of the research problem or viability of possible research solutions. There will be no separate registration fee for the Forum. Participating students will only need to register for the main SMARTCOMP conference. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to participate in the Forum. The proceedings of the Forum will be included in the proceedings of the main conference.
Note: Student travel grants are currently under definition. All the information on available funding and grant application will be published on the Travel Grant Page as soon aspossible.
Submission Guidelines
Abstract: should be no more than 2 pages in length, including figures, tables, and references.
Letter of support: the Ph.D. advisor of the author should email a letter of support directly to the PhD Forum chairs, as a PDF attachment.
Candidate’s CV: should be no more than 2 pages in length.
Authors are requested to submit manuscripts in standard IEEE proceedings format in PDF. All submissions must be typeset in double-column IEEE format using 10pt fonts on US letter paper, with all fonts embedded. Submitted abstracts must include the contact information of the authors. Please make sure you use the latest version of the templates to prepare your submissions.
IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE proceedings template. Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (the PDF-A standard complies with that), through EDAS at https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://edas.info/N31646__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!ZeW-ocS7MYwBjq9Kgo1lmXuOgAQqgW1T4A9agnNshGUX61k7WvXVVoGA0VmUTIq2F8SawDx0k3QfsdYUUlpuzNdQ8kM$ .

[Important Dates]
*Paper submission: April 22, 2024 (Extended)
*Letter of support: April 22, 2024
*Acceptance notification: May 3, 2024
*Camera ready: May 10, 2024

[SMARTCOMP 2024 PhD Forum Chairs]
Debashri Roy (debashri.roy at uta.edu), The University of Texas Arlington
Shameek Bhattacharjee (shameek.bhattacharjee at wmich.edu), Western Michigan University

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