��==================== CALL FOR PAPERS OF CISIS-2016 ================== The 10-th International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS-2016) July 6-th to July 8-th, 2016 Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/cisis/2016/ The CISIS-2016 will be held in conjunction with IMIS-2016: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/imis/2016/ ========================== IMPORTANT DATES ========================== Submission Deadline: February 29, 2016 (HARD DEADLINE) Authors Notification: March 231, 2016 Author Registration: April 24, 2016 Final Manuscript: April 24, 2016 Conference Dates: July 6-8, 2016 ========================================================================== CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ========================================================================== -ACCEPTANCE RATE OF ABOUT 25% IN ALL PAST EDITIONS -PROCEEDINGS IEEE CPS, INDEXED IN ISI THOMPSON AND EI INDEXING SERVICES -INTERESTING CONFERENCE PROGRAMME, WITH WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIUMS INCLUDED -SPECIAL ISSUES IN GOOD INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS -EXCELLENT SOCIAL EVENTS (WELCOME AND BANQUET) AND SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES ========================================================================= ========================== AIM & SCOPE ========================== The aim of the conference is to deliver a platform of scientific interaction between three interwoven challenging areas of research and development of future ICT-enabled applications: Software Intensive Systems, Complex systems, Intelligent Systems. CISIS-2016 is aiming at delivering a forum for in-depth scientific discussions amongst the three communities leading to significant contributions in areas such as: -Monitoring and Control of Large Systems or Environments. -Managing the Heterogeneity of Knowledge by Means of Ontologies -Use of Service Oriented Architectures for Complex Applications in Business and Industries -Consideration of Software Intensive Systems as Complex Systems -Knowledge Management of Complex IT-systems -Pervasive, Ubiquitous, Ad Hoc and Mobile Systems -Heterogeneous Networking -Socially Inspired Complex Systems -Complex Systems and Dependability -Usability of Complex Systems ================================== PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ================================== Submit a full paper not more than eight pages (Proceedings Manuscripts: two columns, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 font size, and number each page. You can find instructions for authors how to format the manuscript at the following web page: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html Prepare your paper in PDF file (Adobe format), and submit it electronically to the CISIS-2016 web page: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/cisis/2016/ Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance. Proceedings of the CISIS-2016 will be published by Conference Publishing Service (CPS). Presented papers at CISIS-2016 will be considered for publication in several Special Issues in International Journals. ========================== ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ========================== Honorary Co-Chair Makoto Takizawa, Hosei University, Japan General Co-Chairs Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Program Committee Co-Chairs Makoto Ikeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania Farookh Hussain, University Technology Sidney, Australia Program Tracks 1. Database and Data Mining Applications 2. Artificial Intelligence and Agent Technology 3. Multimedia Systems and Virtual Reality 4. E-learning and Groupware Systems 5. Next Generation Wireless Networks 6. Semantic Web, Web Services and Data Integration 7. Autonomic Computing and Communication 8. Security and Trusted Computing 9. Optimization, Modeling and Analytics for Complex Systems 10. P2P, Grid and Scalable Computing 11. Cloud Computing Services and Orchestration Tools 12. Biological Systems, eHealth and Human Computer Interaction Interfaces Workshops Co-Chairs Tomoya Enokido, Rissho University, Japan Olivier Terzo, Mario Boella Institute, Italy International Advisory Board Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan Arjan Durresi, IUPUI, USA Award Co-Chairs Akio Koyama, Yamagata University, Japan Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan Markus Aleksy, ABB AG Corporate Research Center, Germany International Liaison Co-Chairs Hiroshi Shigeno, Keio University, Japan Santi Caballe, Open University of Catalonia, Spain Publicity Co-Chairs Fumiaki Sato, Toho University, Japan Nik Bessis, University of Derby, UK Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia Local Arrangement Co-Chairs Kaoru Sugita, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Hiroshi Maeda, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Koki Watanabe, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Web Administrator Chairs Shinji Sakamoto, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Yi Liu, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan ================= WORKSHOPS ================= In conjunction with the CISIS-2016 international conference, the following 10 workshops will be held. 1. The 10-th International Workshop on Engineering Complex Distributed Systems (ECDS-2016) 2. The 9-th International Workshop on Frontiers in Complex Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (FCISIS-2016) 3. The 9-th International Workshop on Engineering Parallel and Multi-Core Systems (ePaMus-2016) 4. The 7-th International Workshop on Autonomic Distributed Systems (ADiS-2016) 5. The 7-th International Workshop on Virtual Environment and Network-Oriented Applications (VENOA-2016) 6. The 6-th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing In Large-Scale Systems (ICLS-2016) 7. The 5-th International Workshop on Hybrid Cloud computing Infrastructure for E-Science application (HCCIEA 2016) 8. International Workshop on Semantic Web/Cloud Information and Services Discovery and Management (SWISM-2016) 9. The 1-st International Workshop on Motion Capture and Classification (MC2-2016) Proceedings of the CISIS-2016 workshops will be published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The schedule of each workshop should follow the conference schedule. ================================ FURTHER INFORMATION ================================ For further information, please contact the general co-chairs: Leonard Barolli (barolli {at} fit.ac.jp), Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan Fatos Xhafa (fatos {at} lsi.upc.edu), Technical University of Catalonia, Spain