** We apologize if you received multiple copies of the present message ** ***************************************************************************** ********************* Second Call For Papers *********************** ********************* *********************** ********************* Please notice the new dates *********************** ********************* *********************** ********************* Deadline February 15, 2020 *********************** ***************************************************************************** Call for Papers, Short Papers and PHD Showcase papers The 2020 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy ICCSA 2020 July 1-4, 2020 http://www.iccsa.org ICCSA 2020 is the next event in the series of highly successful International Conferences on Computational Science and Its Applications, previously held in Saint Petersburg - Russia (2019), Melbourne - Australia (2018), Trieste - Italy (2017), Beijing - China (2016), Banff - Canada (2015), Guimaraes - Portugal (2014), Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam (2013), Salvador da Bahia - Brazil (2012), Santander - Spain (2011), Fukuoka - Japan (2010), Suwon - Korea (2009), Perugia - Italy (2008), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (2007), Glasgow - United Kingdom (2006), Singapore - Singapore(2005), Assisi - Italy (2004), Montreal - Canada (2003), and, as ICCS, in Amsterdam - The Netherlands (2002) and San Francisco - USA (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 be 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 in Lecture Notes for Computer Science and, as post-Conference proceedings, Conference Publishing System (CPS). The authors of a selected number of top quality papers will be requested to extend their papers for further review and publication as special issues in highly recognized international journals. ICCSA 2020 accepts paper submission in the following categories: main Conference theme papers and Workshop papers . The details for each paper submission category can be found at the URL http://www.iccsa.org/nstructions-for-authors and the list of Workshops at the URL: http://www.iccsa.org/workshops. Conference Themes ----------------- The ICCSA 2020 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 Workshops --------- For details visit http://www.iccsa.org/workshops 1) Advanced Transport Tools and Methods (A2TM 2020) 2) Advances in Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies: Blended Learning, STEM, Computational Thinking and Coding (AAILT 2020) 3) Workshop on Advancements in Applied Machine-learning and Data Analytics (AAMDA 2020) 4) Advanced Computational Approaches in Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems Applications (ACAC 2020) 5) Affective Computing and Emotion Recognition (ACER-EMORE 2020) 6) Artificial Intelligence in Cyber Forensics (AICF 2020) 7) AI Factory and Smart Manufacturing (AIFACTORY 2020) 8) Air quality monitoring and Citizen Science for smart urban management. State of the art and perspectives. (AirQ&CScience 2020) 9) Automatic landform classification: spatial methods and applications (ALCSMA 2020) 10) Advances Of Modelling Micromobility In Urban Spaces (AMMUS 2020) 11) Advances in information Systems and Technologies for Emergency management, risk assessment and mitigation based on the Resilience concepts (ASTER 2020) 12) Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2020) 13) Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers: Technologies and Applications (BDLTA 2020) 14) Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications (BIONCA 2020) 15) 2020 Computer Aided Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (CAMSA 2020) 16) Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 2020) 17) Computerized evidence-based decision making (CEBDEM 2020) 18) Computational Geometry and Applications 2020 (CGA 2020) 19) Computational Mathematics, Statistics and Information Management (CMSIM 2020) 20) Computational Optimization and Applications (COA 2020) 21) Computational Astrochemistry (CompAstro 2020) 22) Cities, Technologies and Planning (CTP 2020) 23) Data Stream Processing and Applications (DASPA 2020) 24) Data Science for Cyber Security (DS4Cyber 2020) 25) International Workshop on Defense Technology and Security (DTS 2020) 26) Econometric and Multidimensional Evaluation in Urban Environment (EMEUE 2020) 27) Frontiers in Machine Learning (FIML 2020) 28) The 10th International Workshop on Future Computing System Technologies and Applications (FiSTA 2020) 29) Geodesign in Decision Making: meta planning and collaborative design for sustainable and inclusive development. (GDM 2020) 30) Geomatics in Forestry and Agriculture: new advances and perspectives (GeoForAgr 2020) 31) Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics (GEOG-AND-MOD 2020) 32) Geomatics for Resource Monitoring and Management (GRMM 2020) 33) 11th International Symposium on Software Quality (ISSQ 2020) 34) International Workshop on Collective, Massive and Evolutionary Systems (IWCES 2020) 35) Large Scale Computational Science (LSCS 2020) 36) Land Use Monitoring for Sustanability (LUMS 2020) 37) Machine Learning for Space and Earth Observation Data (MALSEOD 2020) 38) Building multi-dimensional models for assessing complex environmental systems (MES 2020) 39) Ecosystem Services: nature���s contribution to people in practice. Assessment frameworks, models, mapping, and implications. (NC2P 2020) 40) Open Knowledge for socio-economic development (OKSED 2020) 41) Quantum Phenomena in Chemistry and Physics (QPCP 2020) 42) Computational Methods with Radial Basis Functions (RBF 2020) 43) Remote sensing: Big Data Science and Operational Applications (RS-BIGData 2020) 44) Scientific Computing Infrastructure (SCI 2020) 45) Computational Studies for Energy and Comfort in Buildings (SECoB 2020) 46) 12th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications (SEPA 2020) 47) Smart Ports - technologies and challenges (SmartPorts 2020) 48) Sustainability Performance Assessment: models, approaches and applications toward interdisciplinary and integrated solutions. (SPA 2020) 49) Smart and Sustainable Island Communities (SSIC 2020) 50) Science, technologies and policies to innovate spatial planning (STP4P 2020) 51) New frontiers for Strategic Urban Planning (StrategicUP 2020) 52) Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and its Applications (TCCMA 2020) 53) 12th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process (TTSDP 2020) 54) Urban Form Studies (UForm 2020) 55) Urban Space Extended accessibility (USEaccessibility 2020) 56) Virtual and Augmented Reality and Applications (VRA 2020) 57) Workshop on Advanced and computational methods for Earth science applications (WACM4ES) 58) Workshop on High Performace and Pervasive Computing (WHPPC 2020) Please pay attention, when submitting your contribution to one of the above listed Workshops, to select the right entry in the listbox shown in the submission form. An author is enabled to change the workshop associated to a submitted paper until the submission deadline, by resubmitting the paper into the system. Paper Submission ---------------- To submit a paper, please connect to the Submission site from the link available at the ICCSA 2020 web site: https://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 (LNCS), Special Session/Workshop Papers (LNCS or CPS), Short Papers (LNCS), and PHD Showcase Papers (CPS). MAIN CONFERENCE THEME PAPERS (LNCS) 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/instructions-for-authors for formatting information and templates. WORKSHOPS PAPERS (LNCS or CPS) The submitted paper must be between 10 to 16 pages long for LNCS publication, or 7 to 11 pages for CPS publication (in such case as post-conference proceedings), and should be formatted according to the LNCS or CPS rules, respectively. Please consult the URL http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors for formatting information and templates. SHORT PAPERS (LNCS) Reporting preliminary results of ongoing research. The submitted paper must be between 7 and 9 pages long formatted according to LNCS rules. The Short Papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by LNCS. PHD SHOWCASE PAPERS (CPS) Reporting ongoing research already achieving significant results and primarily carried out by Ph.D. students and junior researchers. The submitted paper must be between 6 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 as post-conference proceedings. 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, 2011, 2012, and 30% in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019) 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. Important Dates --------------- February 15, 2020: Deadline for paper submission to the General Tracks (Workshops may select a different deadline) April 7, 2020: Notification of Acceptance. May 2, 2020: Early-bird Registration ends (FIRM deadline). May 2, 2020: Submission deadline for the final version of the Papers (FIRM deadline). July 1-4, 2020: ICCSA 2020 Conference Proceedings ----------- The proceedings of the Conference will be published both by Springer-Verlag (Lecture Notes in Computer Science series) and, as post-conference proceedings, by Conference Publishing Services (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 post-conference Proceedings. 3. Short papers will appear in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science ( LNCS) series (paper length: 7-9 pages) 4. PHD Showcase Papers will be published in the CPS post-conference Proceedings. 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. Contact Information ------------------- Ivan Blecic Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale e Architettura, University of Cagliari Via Marengo, 2 06913 Cagliari Italy Email: ivanblecic unica it 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 Email: osvaldo gervasi unipg it URL: http://ogervasi.unipg.it