Call for Papers

Call for Papers, Short papers, PHD showcase Papers, and Posters for:

  The 2012 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications
           Universidade Federal de Bahia, Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)
                              
                                       ICCSA 2012
  
                               June 18-21, 2012
                               http://www.iccsa.org          

The 2012 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications  (ICCSA 2012) will be held on June 18-21, 2012, in Salvador de Bahia (Brazil).

ICCSA 2012 is the next event in the series of highly successful International Conferences on Computational Science and Its Applications, previously held in Santander, Spain (2011), Fukuoka, Japan (2010), Suwon, Korea (2009),  Perugia, Italy (2008), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2007), Glasgow, United Kingdom (2006), Singapore (2005),  Assisi, Italy (2004), Montreal, Canada (2003), and, as ICCS, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands  (2002) and San Francisco (2001).

Computational Science is a main pillar of most of the present research, industrial and commercial activities and plays a unique role in exploiting ICT innovative technologies.
The ICCSA Conference offers a real opportunity to bring together scientists of different
disciplines, discuss new issues, tackle complex problems and find advanced solutions breeding new trends in Computational Science.

Submitted papers will subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes for Computer Science and Conference Publishing System (CPS). The authors of a selected number of top quality papers will be requested to extend their paper in order to be published as special issues in highly recognized international journals.

ICCSA 2012 has paper submission in different categories: main conference theme papers, workshop/special session papers, and poster session papers. The submission details for each paper category can be found at the URL http://www.iccsa.org/authors-instructions and the list of sessions at the URL: http://www.iccsa.org/sessions.

Conference Themes

The ICCSA 2012 Conference themes, grouped in five tracks,  are the following (but are not limited to):

1. Track: Computational Methods, Algorithms and Scientific Application
      Computational Biology
      Computational Combustion Computational Chemistry
      Computational Fluid Dynamics
      Computational Physics
      Computational Geometry
      Computational Mathematics
      Computational Mechanics
      Computational Electro-magnetics
      Numerical Methods and Algorithms
 
2. Track: High Performance Computing and Networks Parallel and Distributed Computing
      Cluster Computing
      Supercomputing
      Cloud Computing
      Autonomic Computing
      P2P Computing
      Mobile Computing
      Grid and Semantic Grid Computing
      Workflow Design and Practice
      Computer and Network Architecture

3. Track: Geometric Modelling, Graphics and Visualization
      Scientific Visualization
      Computer Graphics
      Geometric Modelling
      Pattern Recognition
      Image Processing
      CAD/CAM
      Web3D, Virtual and Augmented Reality

4. Track: Advanced and Emerging Applications
      Biochemistry
      Bioinformatics
      Astrophysics
      Biometric Modelling
      Environmental, Climate and Weather Modelling
      Geology and Geophysics
      Nuclear Physics
      Financial and Economical Modelling
      Computational Journalism
      Geographical Information Systems

5. Track: Information Systems and Technologies
      Information Retrieval
      Scientific Databases
      Security Engineering
      Risk Analysis
      Reliability Engineering
      Software Engineering
      Data Mining
      Artificial Intelligence
      Learning Technologies
      Web Based Computing
      Web 2.0

Paper Submission

To submit a paper, please connect to the Submission site from the link available at the ICCSA 2012 web site: http://ess.iccsa.org.
Only papers submitted through the electronic system and strictly adhering to the relevant format will be considered for reviewing and publication.
The submission may fall into the following five categories: Main Conference Theme Papers, Special Session/Workshop Papers, Short Papers, PHD Showcase Papers and Poster Papers.

MAIN CONFERENCE THEME PAPERS
  The submitted paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to  the LNCS rules. Please consult the URL http://www.iccsa.org/author-instructions  for formatting information and templates. 

SPECIAL SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS PAPERS
  The submitted paper must be between 10 to 16 pages long for LNCS publication, or 6 to 11 pages for CPS publication, and should be formatted according to the LNCS or CPS rules, respectively.
  Please consult the URL http://www.iccsa.org/author-instructions for formatting information and templates.

SHORT PAPERS
Reporting preliminary results of ongoing research.  The submitted paper must be between 4 to 5 pages long formatted according to CPS rules.  The Short Papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by CPS.

PHD SHOWCASE PAPERS
Reporting ongoing research already achieving significant results and primarily carried out by Ph.D. students and junior researchers. The submitted paper must be between 5 to 8 pages long formatted according to CPS rules.  The PHD Showcase Papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by CPS.

POSTER PAPERS
Reporting preliminary results of ongoing research.  The submitted paper must be between 3 to 4 pages long formatted according to CPS rules.  The Poster Papers will be presented as posters during the conference and will be published by CPS.

Each  paper must deal with original and unpublished work, not submitted for publication elsewhere (copyright problems fall entirely under responsibility of the authors). Each paper will be reviewed by at least three experts in the relevant field (acceptance rate was 28% in 2005, 26% in 2006 and 28% in 2007, 29% in 2008, 30% in 2009, 29% in 2010) ensuring the publication of only top quality contributions.

When a paper is accepted at least one of the authors has to register to the conference and deliver the related talk. Failure to do so shall lead to rejection of the application to attend next year conference and the exclusion of the paper for the current year proceedings.

Workshops/technical Sessions

1) Advances in High Performance Algorithms and Applications - AHPAA 2012
2) Advances in Web Based Learning - AWBL 2012
3) Bio-inspired Computing and Applications - BIOCA 2012
4) Computer Aided Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis - CAMSA 2012
5) Cloud Computing and its Applications - CCA 2012
6) Computational Geometry and Applications - CGA 2012
7) Chemistry and Materials Sciences and Technologies - CMST 2012
8) Cities, technologies and Planning - CTP 2012
9) Computational Tools and Techniques for Citizen Science and Scientific Outreach - CTTCS 2012
10) Emerging Biometric Technologies - EBT 2012
11) Econometrics and multidimensional evaluation in the urban environment - EMEUE 2012
12) Future Information System Technologies and Applications - FISTA 2012
13) Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial statistics - GEOG-AN-MOD 2012
14) International Workshop on Biomathemathics, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics - IBBB 2012
15) International Workshop on Collective Evolutionary Systems - IWCES 2012
16) Mobile Communications - MC 2012
17) Mobile-computing, Sensing, and Actuation for Cyber Physical Systems - MSA4CPS 2012
18) Optimization Techniques and Applications - OTA 2012
19) Parallel and Mobile Computing in Future Networks - PMCFUN 2012
20) PULSES - Transitions and Nonlinear Phenomena - PULSES 2012
21) Quantum Mechanics: Computational Strategies and Applications - QMCSA 2012
22) Remote sensing Data Analysis,  modeling, interpretation and  Applications: from a global view to a local analysis - RS 2012
23) Soft Computing and Data Engineering - SCDE 2011
24) Software Engineering Processes and Applications - SEPA 2012
25) Software Engineering Processes and Applications - SQ 2012
26) Security and Privacy in Computational Sciences - SPCS 2012
27) Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes - TTDSP 2012
28) Virtual Reality and its Applications - VRA 2012
29) Wireless and Ad Hoc Networking - WADNet 2012


Please pay attention, when submitting your contribution to one of the above listed Sessions, to select the  right entry in the listbox shown in the submission form.

Please refer to the URL:
           http://www.iccsa.org/sessions
for updated information about the Sessions. 

An author is enabled to change the session associated to a submitted paper until the submission deadline is expired, by resubmitting the paper into the system.

Important Dates

(Sessions may select a different deadline)

January 16, 2012-February 28, 2012: Reviewing of submitted Papers

March  7, 2012:                Notification of Acceptance and Early-bird Registration starts.
April 4, 2012:                   Early-bird Registration ends.
April 4, 2012:                   Submission deadline for the final version of the Papers 
June 18-21, 2012:            ICCSA 2012 Conference
 

Proceedings

The proceedings of the Conference will be published both by Springer-Verlag and IEEE Conference Publishing System (CPS).

In  particular:

1. The selected top quality Theme Papers and Session Papers having adopted LNCS, will appear in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (paper length: 10-16 pages).

2. The selected top quality Session Papers having adopted CPS, will appear in the CPS Proceedings  (paper length: 5-11 pages).

3. The Short Papers, PHD Showcase Papers and the Posters will be published in the CPS Proceedings (paper length: 4-5, 5-8 and 3-4 respectively). 

For a selected number of top quality papers, after the Conference, the authors will be requested to extend the paper in order to be published as special issues in appropriate international journals.

Conference policy

By submitting the paper to ICCSA conference, all authors agree to abide by all  ICCSA conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies. Namely, authors confirm that the work is  original, has not appeared in literature in any form in the past and will not be submitted to any other venue concurrently with ICCSA submission or until it appears in ICCSA proceedings (in the case of acceptance). Furthermore, upon paper acceptance,  authors agree to transfer copyright on the accepted paper to ICCSA, and one of the authors will register the paper and present the paper 

at the event. No paper withdrawals can be accepted after Conference pre-registration date or within three months of the actual event, whichever date comes first. Paper withdrawal request can be only accepted in writing through email, letter or fax to conference organizers.

The conference has no responsibility for any intentional or accidental misuse, misinterpretation, or failure to follow above rules and conditions and holds no legal, civil or other responsibility for opinions, content or utilization of any methods/algorithms expressed in the Conference Proceedings.

Honorary General Chairs

Antonio Laganà, University of Perugia, Italy
Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan
Kenneth C. J. Tan, Qontix, UK

 

General Chairs

Osvaldo Gervasi, University of Perugia, Italy
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia

 

Program Committee Chairs

Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
Beniamino Murgante, University of Basilicata, Italy

 

Workshop and Session Organizing Chair

Beniamino Murgante, University of Basilicata, Italy

 

International Liaison Chairs

Jemal Abawajy, Daekin University, Australia
Marina L. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada
Robert C. H. Hsu, Chung Hua University,Taiwan
Tai-Hoon Kim, Hannam University, Korea
Andrés Iglesias, University of Cantabria, Spain
Takashi Naka, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
Rafael D.C. Santos, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
 

Local Organizing Committee

Frederico V. Prudente, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil (Chair)
Mirco Ragni, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Ana Carla P. Bitencourt, Universidade Federal do Reconcavo da Bahia, Brazil
Cassio Pigozzo, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Angelo Duarde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Marcos E. Barreto, Universidade Federal da Bahia
José Garcia V. Miranda, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Contact Information

Osvaldo Gervasi
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia
Via Vanvitelli, 1
06123 Perugia
ITALY

Phone:  +39-075-5855048
Fax:    +39-075-5855024
e-mail: osvaldo <at> unipg <dot> it