Call for Papers
2nd EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good
30 November – 1 December 2016
Venice, Italy
http://goodtechs.eu/2016/show/cf-papers
SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
By social good we refer to a “good” or a service that benefits the largest number of people in the largest possible way. Some classic examples of social goods are, of course, healthcare, safety, environment, democracy, and human rights, but we can add to this classic list even communication, art, entertainment and much more.
In this context, the popularity of portable computing devices, like smartphones, tablets, or smart watches combined with the emergence of many other small smart objects with computational, sensing and communication capabilities coupled with the popularity of social networks and new human-technology interaction paradigms is creating unprecedented opportunities for each of us to do something useful, ranging from a single person to the whole world. Furthermore, Internet of Things, Smart-cities, distributed sensing and Fog computing are representative examples of modern ICT paradigms that aim to describe a dynamic and globally cooperative infrastructure built upon objects’ intelligence and self-configuring capabilities. These connected objects are finding their way into our pockets, vehicles, urban areas and infrastructure, thus becoming the very texture of our society and providing us the possibility, but also the responsibility, to shape it.
In GOODTECHS we are hence interested in experiences with the design, implementation, deployment, operation and evaluation of smart objects and technologies for social good. Clearly, we are not considering only the so called first world as the scenario for this evolution; we also refer to those areas where ICT is currently less widespread, hoping that it may represent a societal development opportunity rather than a source for further divide.
HIGHLIGHTS
- The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT.
- All accepted papers will be submitted for publication in Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library, one of the world’s largest scientific libraries.
- Proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: Elsevier (EI), Thomson Scientific (ISI), Scopus, Crossref, Google Scholar, DBLP.
- The authors of the best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work through one of the following EAI endorsed publications:
- There will also be a Springer MONE special issue dedicated only to the papers submitted for conference.
IMPORTANT DATES
Special Session proposals deadline: 16 May 2016
Full Paper Submission deadline: 8 July 2016
Notification deadline: 25 September 2016
Camera-ready deadline: 16 October 2016
Start of Conference: 30 November 2016
End of Conference: 1 December 2016
PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers will be judged on originality, correctness, clarity and relevance. Submitted papers must be original work, and may not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of the paper implies agreement of the author(s) to attend the conference and present the paper if accepted. Full details of submission procedures are available here.
PUBLICATION
All presented papers in the conference will be published in the proceedings of the conference. We reserve the right to exclude papers accepted but not presented from the conference proceedings submitted for archiving and indexing.
The authors of the best papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work through one of the following EAI endorsed publications:
Accepted papers will be published in the SPNCE Conference Proceedings and by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes of ICST (LNICST). The proceedings will be available both in book form and via the SpringerLink digital library, which is one of the largest digital libraries online and covers a variety of scientific disciplines.
The proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: Elsevier (EI), Thomson Scientific (ISI), Scopus, Crossref, Google Scholar, DBLP as well as EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).
About EAI – The European Alliance for Innovation is a dynamic eco-system for fostering ICT enabled innovation to improve European competitiveness and to benefit society. Find out more at http://www.eai.eu.
SPECIAL SESSIONS
The GOODTEHCS 2016 technical program will include Special Sessions. Their papers will be included in the proceedings as regular papers and will could be selected to be published (an extended version) in the Special Issues of Journals associated to the conference (Springer Mobile, Networks and Application; EAI Transactions on Ambient Systems, etc.). Their objective is to complement the regular program with new or emerging topics that are of particular interest to the community. Proposals on emerging or disruptive topics guaranteed to generate significant interest in the community will be selected.
A Special Session proposal should be no more than 2 pages and should include:
- Motivation and rationale for the Special Session.
- Names, affiliations and emails of main organizers and tentative composition of the committees.
- Planned advertisement
- Expected number of submissions and participants.
- A draft call for papers (as complete as possible).
Possible examples of Special Session proposals related to GOODTECHS (please feel free to propose any topic of interest):
- eLearning
- Serious Games
- Social Networks
- AI for social good
- Digital cultural heritage
- Digital divide
- Inclusive technology
- Smart cities
- Smart transportation
- Technology for the environment
- Assistive Technologies
- …
Email proposals in PDF (or txt) must be sent tocpalazzi@math.unipd.it by May 16 (but the sooner the better), including “GOODTECHS 2016 Special Session” in the subject line.