WCAMA 2013 - 4th Workshop of Applied Computing for the Management of the Environment and Natural Resources

The 4th Workshop of Applied Computing for the Management of the Environment and Natural Resources (WCAMA) has the main goal to promote the integration, in an effective way, between computing (methodologies and tools) and environment (politics and management).
Natural resources management is a complex and dynamic activity. It demands the integration between actors in the social, political, and technological fields to be effectively developed.
Specifically in computer science, there are three main challenges to develop methodologies and tools to natural resources management: i) data management and communication to huge number of data; ii) techniques for data analysis and visualization; iii) optimization and control of existent data and the integration of new data.
Scope
The workshop will cover the whole range of research and applications in methodologies, techniques and computational tools applied to environment management and natural resources, including (but not limited to):
Control of air pollution
Environmental fragility
Environmental monitoring
Environmental policies
Environmental readaptation
Environmental sanitation and waste treatment
Environmental sustainability
Flooded areas and wetlands
Global environmental changes
Health and environment
Land use and land cover change modelling
Landscape ecology
Natural and renewable resources management
Noise and environment
Priority areas for conservation
Reduction of gas emissions
Society and environment
Soil pollution
Solid waste management
Species distribution modeling
Transport and environment
Urban ecology
Papers Format
WCAMA 2013 will accept two types of submission:
Full Papers between 6 (six) and 10 (ten) pages. These papers will be presented orally.
Abstract Papers/Software Demonstrations between 2 (two) and 4 (four) pages. This kind of paper must present a specification or proposal of software within the scope of the workshop. These papers will be presented in a demonstration session.
Papers must be written in Portuguese or English, following the Brazilian Computer Society template (http://www.sbc.org.br/index.php?option=com_jdownlo...). Manuscripts must be submitted without the authors’ names and affiliations (double blind review). Papers that do not follow these procedures will be rejected.
Paper Submission
Submission must be electronic using the JEMS system at: https://jems.sbc.org.br/wcama2013
Important Dates
March 31, 2013 ? Registration and Submission Deadline
May 10, 2013 ? Notification of accepted papers
May26,2013 ? Camera-readyversion
July 23-26, 2013 ? CSBC
Invited Speakers
To be announced.
Chairs
Marilton Sanchotene de Aguiar, UFPel - marilton-AT-inf.ufpel.edu.br
Marcelo Dutra da Silva, FURG - dutradasilva-AT-terra.com.br
Diana Francisca Adamatti, FURG - dianaadamatti-AT-furg.br
Pedro Ribeiro Andrade, INPE - pedro.andrade-AT-inpe.br