World IT Congress 2021 Jeju - Call for Papers (30%~40% Papers will be recommended to SCI/E or SCOPUS Journal) ====================================================================================================== The 2021 World Congress on Information Technology Applications and Services (World IT Congress 2021) "Advanced Mobile, Communications, Security, Multimedia, Vehicular, Cloud, IoT, and Computing" http://www.worlditcongress.org/2021 February 18-20, 2021, Jeju, Korea Hosted by KIPS CSWRG - Korea Technically Sponsored by KIPS ******************************************************************************************************* Submission due: Jan. 25, 2021 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 SCI/E or SCOPUS(30~40%). - SCI/E journal recommendations (Distinguished excellent papers) ** No showers' paper will be NOT recommended to intl' journal** ======================================================================================================= ************ Introduction ************ The 2021 World Congress on Information Technology Applications and Services (World IT Congress 2021) will be held in Jeju, Korea, February 18-20, 2021. The World IT Congress 2021 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 Ka Lok Man, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Jungho Kang, Baewha Women's University, Korea General Vice-Chairs --------------------- Neil Yen, University of Aizu, Japan Jisu Park, Jeonju University, Korea Program Chairs --------------------- Khamphoui Southisombath, National University of Laos, Laos Jin Wang, Changsha University of Science and Technology, China Muhammad Khurram Khan, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Dohyun Kim, Catholic University of Pusan, Korea Publicity Chairs --------------------- Byoungwook Kim, Dongguk University, Korea Byeong-Seok Shin, Inha University, Korea Yeong-Seok Seo, Yeungnam University, Korea Jun-Ho Huh, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Korea Yan Li, Inha University, Korea Local Chairs --------------------- Hyun-Woo Kim, Baewha Women's University, Korea 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 ******* 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: Jan. 25, 2021 2. Author Notification: Jan. 28, 2021 3. Registration Due: Jan. 25, 2021 - We will NOT send authors of the non-registered papers the comments. - When you prepare a paper for the SI submission, authors MUST revise and improve the paper based on review comments. 4. Camera Ready Due: Jan. 29, 2021 5. Congress dates: Feb. 18-20, 2021 Step 2: Journal Process for SIs ---------------------------- ** This process is ONLY for authors of the recommended paper in the Congress ** 6. Sending emails for SI recommendations: Mar. 05, 2021 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. * We are not responsible for the quality of recommended paper in the journals. ********************** Submission Guidelines ********************** Authors should submit a regular paper with 3~6 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, All accepted will be included in the Conference CD Proceedings (without ISSN / ISBN). After closing the conference, all recommended papers in World IT Congress 2021 will be recommended to 1) SCI/E journals (Top ranked papers) - Sustainable Cities and Society - Elsvier (IF: 5.268, JCR-Top 5 ranked) - CMC-Computers Materials & Continua - Tech Science (IF: 4.890, JCR-Q1 level) - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 4.594, JCR-Q1 level) - Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences - Springer (IF:3.70, JCR-Q1 level) - Journal of Supercomputing - Springer (IF: 2.469, JCR-Q2 level) - Microprocessors and Microsystems - Elsvier (IF: 1.161) - Journal of Information Processing Systems (H-Index: 21, indexed EI/SCOPUS/ESCI) // the authors MUST submitted full paper with 7~8 pages(two columns). 2) SCOPUS journals (~40% ranked papers) - JIPS and other journals. // the authors can submit regular paper with 5-6 pages(two columns). **No showers' paper will be NOT recommended to the jornals. *************************************************** ** Call for Workshop/Special Session Proposals ** *************************************************** In conjunction with WITC2021, we will organize some workshops. The workshop proposals should be submitted to World IT Congress 2021 secretary (witc2021.conf@gmail.com) by Dec. 31, 2019. Several workshops will be held in conjunction with World IT Congress 2021 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 5 registered papers. Otherwise, the papers will be moved to the another workshop. 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: Jan. 25, 2021 Accept notification: Jan. 28, 2021 Registration due: Jan. 25, 2021 Camera-ready paper due: Jan. 29, 2021 Workshop dates: Feb. 18-20, 2021 ** Each workshop organizer MUST send workshop package to workshop chairs by Jan 31, 2021. --------------------------------------- Contact Information --------------------------------------- For further information regarding the workshop and paper submission, please contact: Conference Community: witc2021.conf@gmail.com - The End -