iC4T 2014 - First International Conference on Training and Tele-Training Technology

First International Conference on Training & Télé-Training Technology
20th and 21st of March 2014
Nouakchott, Mauritania (north west Africa)
Objective
The International conference on Training & Tele-Training Technologies (iC4T) is organized by a group of academics, private and government thinkers with the goal of establishing a yearly event that presents technology, theories and research with the goal of advancing training and skill development, in particular distant or Tele-Training. The group chooses to focus on training rather than learning per se due to the immediate significance of its outcome on the development of economies of all sizes and the tangibility of its outcome. The urgent need for standardised knowledge and certified skills in developing economies; the continuous need for training in recessing economies; these are enormous needs which can’t be ignored. A Medecins Sans Frontiere team wanting to train villagers to efficiently vaccinate thousands of people; NASA Control Center needing to urgently train a cosmonaut on a new skill to operate a faulty robot in space; a multinational company needing to train a thousand workers to operate heavy machinery in a short period of time; an airport administration wanting its security staff remotely and effectively trained to spot suspicious behaviour. The complexity of these tasks may not be high, however, means to deliver them quickly, timely and effective are, and they are costly if ignored. Effective technology that can achieve such training goals is far from being optimal mainly because training provision in not equally distributed and means have great room improvement. Bringing all parties, private and government, multinational companies and academics under one roof, is the goal iC4T Conference. Parties are encouraged to participate by exhibiting their solutions, theories, applications, simulation software and hardware, sensor technology, original and positional research work.
The conference will have two main strands:
Strand 1: Display and workshop. This is where companies will present their solutions.
Strand 2: The Presentations. This is a scientific theme where new ideas and visions are presented to deal with issues of strategic values in terms of basic research and R&D.
Topics of interests
Simulation Software
The Virtual Classroom
Speed of training acquisition
Synchronous and Asynchronous Training Technology
Innovative training Platforms
Tablets and tablet software
Mobile Applications for training and tele-training
Games for training and tele-training
Dedicated Training means
Training philosophies and Models
3D Modeling and animation theories and tools
Hologram Technology
Sensor technology
Computer Games
“Remote Control” technology
Hardware systems for TTTT
Instructional and curriculum design
Train the trainer themes
Keynote Speakers
To be announced.
Best App Store Training App. (Business)
Best Lab Training App. (Academia)
Committees
Organizing Committee members
Professor Jocelyne Audrey Kiss, School of Design, Université Laval, Canada
Professor Ashok Kumar , Division of Computer Science, Kentucky State University, USA
Professor Adel S. Elmaghraby, chair, Computer Engineering and Computer Science, J.B. Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville, USA
Dr. Sidi O. Soueina, Department of Computer Science, Mauritania School of Mining, Mauritania
Dr. Hafedh Mohamed Babou, Department of Computer Science, Mauritania School of Mining, Mauritania
Scientific Committee
Professor KONDO Kunio, School of Media Science Tokyo University of Technology, Japan
Dr. Hang T. Lau, Program Coordinator, IT, Supply Chain & Operations Management, McGill University, Canada.
Professor Mohamed El Moctar Sidi Mohamed NAH, Director, Mauritania School of Mining Engineering
Professor, Jocelyne Audrey Kiss, School of Design, Université Laval, Québec Canada
Professor Kumar Ashok, Computer Science Department, Kentucky State University, USA
Professor Adel S. Elmaghraby, chair, Computer Engineering and Computer Science, J.B. Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville, USA
Dr. Sidi O. Soueina, Mauritania School of Mining Engineering.
Dr. Hafedh Mohamed Babou, Department of Computer Science, Mauritania School of Mining, Mauritania
Important dates
Deadline of submission: Jan 25th 2014
Camera ready: March 10th 2014 2014
Presentations: March 20th and 21st of 2014
Contact:
Dr. Jocelyne A. Kiss: jocelyne.kiss-AT-design.ulaval.ca
Dr. Sidi O. Soueina sidi.soueina-AT-emim.mr
Publication of Accepted papers and presentations
The accepted papers will be published in a peer reviewed conference proceedings.
Accepted exhibitions will be published in a conference proceedings.
Instructions to Authors and presenters
Please submit your manuscripts to Professor Jocelyne Audrey Kiss by email at: jocelyne.kiss-AT-design.ulaval.ca
Full Paper Submission: Please submit a paper with completed and validated research in no more than 8 pages. Presentation time: 20 minutes
Position Paper submission: include a prototyping or an argument of your work in a position paper in no more than pages 5.
Review: double blind review.
Exhibitions: One A4 format paper per product or solution containing a general description of the product or solution to be exhibited. Camera ready exhibitions will be provided upon acceptance, however, the document should contain:
Title, authors and affiliation centralised on top of the page.
A Summary of 300 words describing your solution.
Market and customer needs if available.
Language and format
Live translation will be provided in English and French.
Papers can be submitted in any format as long as the font is new Times Roman, the 12 points with 1 inch in margin on all sides of A4 pages.
Publication
All accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the conference. The exhibitions will have a separate proceeding.