SmartWorld 2017 - 2017 IEEE Smart World Congress (SmartWorld 2017)

Smart World is the next important stage in human history, aiming to enhance everyday things with abilities of sensation, communication, computation and intelligence so that many tasks and processes could be simplified, more efficient, and enjoyable. With the theme “Smart Things Everywhere”, SmartWorld 2017 calls for workshops and special sessions which will complement the research topics of the Smart World.
-> Workshop & Special Session ? Introduction & Highlights
A workshop refers to an academic event in conjunction with SmartWorld 2017. A special session is an embedded session in SmartWorld 2017, focusing on a specific research topic relevant to the main conference. Each workshop will be expected to accept at least 6 papers. Each special session will be expected to accept 4-6 full-length papers.
Workshop/special session organizers are responsible for forming program committees, circulating call for papers, organizing submissions and reviews as well as planning the final programs. SmartWorld 2017 workshop/special session co-chairs will assist the workshop/special session organizers in organizing workshops/special sessions and ensure their quality and success. The registration fees for workshops/special sessions will be determined by the organizing committees of SmartWorld 2017, which will provide workshop/special session facilities. Workshops/special sessions should strictly follow the important dates. The paper submission deadlines could be after that of the main conference to allow workshops/special sessions to pick up some good papers submitted to the main conference. However, sufficient time (5-7 weeks), should be allocated for peer reviews. Each paper should be reviewed by at least three experts in the corresponding areas.
- Accepted papers by both workshops & special sessions will be included in the SmartWorld 2017 proceedings published by IEEE (submitted to the IEEE-DL and EI index).
- Selected workshop/special session papers will be recommended to special issues of prestigious journals.
- If there are 10 or more papers in a workshop, one free registration will be offered for one organizer of the workshop.
- One Best Workshop Award will be presented to a high quality workshop & Best Workshop Paper Awards will be presented to high quality workshop papers, selected from all workshops in conjunction with SmartWorld 2017.
-> Workshop & Special Session - Proposal Submission & Paper Submission
Workshop/Special Session proposals should contain following information:
- The title of the workshop/special session, including both full name and abbreviation (for workshop)
- The objectives, scopes, and contributions to the main conference (up to 1 page)
- The short bios of the key organizers and their related experience
- The procedure for selecting papers, plans for dissemination (e.g., plan to advertise the workshop/special session, whether there are special issues of journals for the workshop/special session), and the tentative number of expected papers accepted by the workshop
- A tentative list of program committee members
- The (tentative) website/URL of the proposed workshop/special session
Please email your workshop/special session proposals in PDF format by Jan. 30, 2017 to: the SmartWorld 2017 workshop/special session co-chairs, Chunsheng Zhu (chunsheng.tom.zhu-AT-gmail.com) and Seungmin Rho (korea.smrho-AT-gmail.com). Please use “SmartWorld 2017 workshop and special session proposal” as the email subject. Paper Submissions for accepted workshop/special session should follow the same Paper Submission Guidelines for the main conference. The length of a workshop paper submission may be about 6 pages.
-> Workshop & Special Session - Important Dates
- Proposal due: Jan. 30, 2017
- Proposal notification: Feb. 05, 2017
- Submission & notification deadlines: To be decided by individual workshop/Special Session
- Camera ready version due: Jun. 10, 2017