CALL FOR PAPERS
Goodtechs 17
3rd EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good
Including Special Session on Serious Games to Improve Quality of Life
Pisa, Italy
29th November – 1st December 2017
http://goodtechs.eu/2017/show/home
Deadline for submitting papers: 1st July 2017
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 organization devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT.
- Best Papers will be considered for publication in the ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications Journal (MONET).
- 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: Pervasive Health and Technology, Ambient Systems, Internet of Things. In addition, several Special Issues on mainstream scientific journals will be devoted to the conference topics.
- 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).
TOPICS:
Authors are solicited to submit original, previously unpublished papers in the following, but not limited to topic areas:
- App concepts and technologies for different mobile platforms
- Communication between mobile devices
- Content Distribution
- E-learning solutions
- Smart governance and e-administration solutions
- Smart economy solutions: e-banking, e-business
- Smart living and E-health
- Data collection, organization and dissemination methods
- Data replication protocols in network partitions
- Delay-tolerant aerial networks and ferrying approaches
- Deployment and field-testing
- Experimental results of communication testbeds
- Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications
- Human-object interaction
- Mobile service architectures and frameworks
- Mobility and handover management
- New application scenarios for vehicular communications
- Pervasive and ubiquitous services in cloud and IoT
- Platforms and frameworks for mobile devices
- Privacy issues and solutions
- Protocol design, testing and verification
- Security issues, architectures and solutions
- Smart cities and transportation
- Internet of Things
- ICT for development
- Digital tools for art and feelings
- Technology addressing the digital divide
- Environment sensing, monitoring and preservation
IMPORTANT DATES
Full Paper Submission Deadline: 1st of July 2017
Notification Deadline: 24th July 2017
Camera-ready Deadline: 8th August 2017
Start of the Conference: 30th of November 2017
End of the Conference: 1st of December 2017
PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy’ system at Confy, and have to comply with the SPRINGER format (see Author’s kit section).
How do I submit a paper in Confy?
- Go to Confy website
- Login or sign up as new user
- Scroll the list of conferences open for submission
- Select GoodTechs 2017
- Click the ‘submit a paper’ link and follow the instructions
Submission guidelines:
- Papers should be in English.
- Regular papers should be up to 10 pages in length.
- Previously published work may not be submitted, nor may the work be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal. Such papers will be rejected without review.
- The paper submissions must follow the SPRINGER formatting guidelines (see Author’s kit section).
- Read the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.
Instructions and Templates:
Papers must be formatted using the SPRINGER Author’s Kit. Detailed instructions and templates are available.
SPECIAL SESSION ON SERIOUS GAMES TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE:
Gamification techniques and serious games are often used to capture and maintain user’s attention. This is particularly important when dealing with young patients or people with special needs. Patient’s collaboration is crucial for doctors to perform a good diagnosis, and to provide an efficient therapy, but it cannot always be taken for granted. Moreover, serious games are proved to be an efficient tool to incentivize people to improve their lifestyle, e.g., making more physical activity. This track will feature new insights, research, and practice on how to design, develop and use gamification and persuasive technologies to create serious games and applications to improve individuals’ Quality of Life (QoL) and behavior, with a particular focus on people with disabilities. The track targets researchers, doctoral students, practitioners and other people interested in presenting, discussing, reflecting and networking on central themes associated with the development and use of serious games and applications to help people with special needs. Papers on both theoretical aspects and design method of gamification techniques and serious games are welcomed, which describe and evaluate novel design methods and system prototypes. In addition, the track welcomes full research and work in progress papers and educational cases.
Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
- Serious game design for better lifestyle promotion
- Serious games for people with disability
- Games for Education and Learning
- Gamification
- Pervasive Systems
- Assistive Technologies
- Persuasive solutions
- Methods, models and principles for gamification design
- Usability and accessibility issues
- Games for Health and Well-Being
- Serious Games for social inclusion
SUBMISSION
Regular papers should be no more than 10 pages in length and comply with the SPRINGER LNICST format. The latest version of the LNICST template can be found at the following URL: http://www.springer.com/lnicst
Papers must be submitted online on Confy (http://confy.eai.eu/) and selecting GoodTechs 2017.
Submissions will be reviewed anonymously by at least three expert reviewers. Papers will be judged on originality, correctness, clarity and relevance. Submission of the paper implies agreement of the author(s) to attend the conference and present the paper if accepted.
Moreover, authors of the selected best papers will be asked to write an extended version of the paper to appear in a Special Issue of “Mobile Networks and Applications” (MONET) Journal.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submitting papers: 1st July 2017
Review notification: 24th July 2017
Camera-ready deadline: 8th August 2017
SESSION CHAIRS
Ombretta Gaggi – Università di Padova, Italy
Matteo Ciman – University of Geneva, Switzerland