World IT Congress 2018 Jeju - Call for Papers (70% Papers will be recommended to SCOPUS Journal) ====================================================================================================== The 2018 World Congress on Information Technology Applications and Services (World IT Congress 2018 Jeju) "Advanced Mobile, Communications, Security, Multimedia, Vehicular, Cloud, IoT, and Computing" http://www.worlditcongress.org/2018 February 20-22, 2018, Jeju, Korea Hosted by KIPS CSWRG - Korea Technically Sponsored by KIPS ******************************************************************************************************* Submission due: Jan. 22, 2018 1. All accepted papers will be published by conference CD proceeding(without ISSN/ISBN)*. 2. After closing congress, accepted and presented papers will be recommended to - Special Issues of the Intl' Journals indexed by SCOPUS (70%). - SCI/E journal recommendations (Distinguished excellent papers) ** No showers' paper will be NOT recommended to intl' journal** ======================================================================================================= ************ Introduction ************ The 2018 World Congress on Information Technology Applications and Services (World IT Congress 2018 Jeju) will be held in Jeju, Korea, February 20-22, 2018. The World IT Congress 2018 Jeju is aimed at address key themes on "Advanced Mobile, Communications, Security, Multimedia, Vehicular, Cloud, IoT, and Computing". The World IT Congress will be the most comprehensive international events focused on the various aspects of Advances in IT, Applications, and Services (AITA). The congress will provide an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of AITA. In addition, the congress will publish high quality papers which are closely related to the various theories and practices in AITA. Furthermore, we expect that the congress and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject. ********************** Organization ********************** Honorary Chair --------------------- Doo-soon Park, SoonChunHyang University, Korea Steering Committee --------------------- James J. Park, SeoulTech, Korea (Chair) Hamid R. Arabnia, The University of Georgia, USA (Co-Chair) Han-Chieh Chao, National Ilan University, Taiwan Young-Sik Jeong, Dongguk University, Korea Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan General Chairs --------------------- Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA Gangman Yi, Dongguk University, Korea Ka Lok Man, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China General Vice-Chairs --------------------- Deok Gyu Lee, Seowon University, Korea Neil Yen, University of Aizu, Japan Daewon Lee, Seokyeong University, Korea Program Chairs --------------------- Byoungwook Kim, Korea University, Korea Jin Wang, Yangzhou University, China Muhammad Khurram Khan, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Publicity Chairs --------------------- Jungho Kang, Soongsil University, Korea Kyung-Soo Lim, ETRI, Korea Yunsick Sung, Dongguk University, Korea Byeong-Seok Shin, Inha University, Korea Local Chairs --------------------- Hwamin Lee, Soonchunhyang University, Korea Kwang-il Hwang, Incheon National University, Korea Joon-Min Gil, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea Jaehwa Chung, Korea National Open University, Korea Seokhong Min, The MINDATA Corporation, Korea Hyun-Woo Kim, Dongguk University, Korea ******* Topics ******* Track 1.Internet of Things and Sensors Track 2.Embedded system and Middleware Track 3.Security and Trust Computing Track 4.Advanced Multimedia Computing Track 5.Networking and Communications Track 6.Bigdata and Data mining Track 7.Web and Internet Computing Track 8.Grid and Cloud computing Track 9.Green IT and Sustainable Computing Track 10.Copmutational Intelligent Computing Track 11.Wellness and U-health Services Track 12.IT Service Computing and Management Track 13.Converged IT Services **************** Important Dates ***************** Step 1: Congress Process ---------------------------- 1. Paper Submission Due: - Round 2: Jan. 22, 2018 (Final Extension!) 2. Author Notification: - Round 2: Feb. 02, 2018 3. Registration Due(Late): - Feb 05, 2018 4. Camera Ready Due: - Feb. 06, 2018 ** If authors want to revise and improve their paper for the congress CD proceeding, pls. submit it again by carmera-ready due. Otherwise, the first version of submitted paper will be included in the CD proceeding.** 5. Congress dates: Feb. 20-22, 2018 Step 2: Journal Process for SIs ---------------------------- ** This process is ONLY for authors of the accepted paper in the Congress ** 6. Sending emails for SI recommendations: TBA 7. Full paper submission due for SI: TBA * Open access journals or online first publication will be published by the due dates. * The offline publications can be depended on schedule of the publisher. ********************** Submission Guidelines ********************** Authors should submit a regular paper with 5~6 pages in length, including all figures, tables, and references. **If authors will NOT use our format, this paper will be rejected without review process**. Please use ONLY conference paper template (download : http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/word.zip?SGWID=0-0-45-72919-0). ******************************** Proceedings and Special Issues ******************************** First, only all abstracts - one page will be included in our conference proceeding (without ISSN/ISBN). After closing the conference, all accepted and presented papers in World IT Congress 2018 will be recommended to 1) SCI/E journals (Top ranked papers: ~20%) - Springer: JoS, MTAP, CC, HCIS, etc. // the authors MUST submitted full paper with 7~8 pages 2) SCOPUS journals (21~70% ranked papers) - JIPS and other journals. // the authors can submit regular paper with 5-6 pages. 3) Other papers will be published by a Post Proceeding indexed by SCOPUS (Proceeding Type) / EI //Optional(If the author wants and pays) You can see the following summary for submissions, proceedings, and SI publications; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type | Who | Pages | Ranking (rate) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conf. CD Proceeding | All authors who registered and presented in our conf. | 1 pages | All --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SI for SCI/E journals | All authors who registered and presented in our conf. | 7~8 pages | 20 % from top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SI for SCOPUS journals | All authors who registered and presented in our conf. | 5~6 pages | 21~70 % from top --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **No showers' paper will be NOT recommended to the jornals. ****************** Keynote Speakers ****************** Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Arun Kumar Sangaiah, VIT University, India *************************************************** ** Call for Workshop/Special Session Proposals ** *************************************************** In conjunction with WITC2018, we will organize some workshops. The workshop proposals should be submitted to Prof. DW Lee (conf.daelee@gmail.com) or WITC2018 secretary (witc2018.conf@gmail.com) by Dec. 16, 2017. Several workshops will be held in conjunction with WITC2018 with the aim to explore special topics and provide international forums for scientists, engineers, and computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results on hot topics on the various aspects of Advances in IT, Applications, and Services. Workshops for presenting papers from industrial companies and papers on implementations of systems and services are very welcome. One workshop MUST have at least 8 registered papers. Otherwise, the papers will be moved to the another workshop. All accepted papers will be published by Springer as Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) Pre/Post-Proceedings (indexed by EI and SCOPUS). High quality papers will be recommended special issue of SCI(E) Journal. - It will be decided by Workshop organizers. In general, a workshop takes one day, although multiple-days and half-day workshops are welcome. The workshop proposal should include following information: 1. Title of the workshop: International Workshop on ... 2. Workshop Organizers(s): name, affiliation, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail. 3. Brief description of the workshop (several hundred words) 4. Expected number of papers to be submitted 5. Call for paper of the workshop (draft version - 1 page CFP MS Word version) 6. Tentative list of program committee members (Name, affiliation, country, email address) 7. Your workshop web address (Tentative) --------------------------------------- Important Dates --------------------------------------- Paper submission due: Depending on workshop organizer's decision Accept notification: Depending on workshop organizer's decision Registration due: - Late After Jan 04, 2018 Camera-ready paper due: Jan. 30, 2018 Workshop dates: Feb. 20-22, 2018 ** Each workshop organizer MUST send workshop package to workshop chairs by Jan 15, 2018. --------------------------------------- Vanue --------------------------------------- ==Jeju, Korea Information == Booyoung Jeju Hotel Booyoung Hotel & Resort Jeju 222, Jungmungwangwang-ro, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Korea Tel: +82-64-731-5500 Fax: +82-64-731-5555 --------------------------------------- Contact Information --------------------------------------- For further information regarding the workshop and paper submission, please contact: Conference Community: witc2018.conf@gmail.com - The End -