[agents] Call-for-Workshops: IEEE Int. Conference (CYBCONF-2017) in Exeter, England, UK, 21-23 June 2017

[Noushin Najjari]

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*** IEEE CYBCONF-2017 International Conference Call for Workshops and
Special Sessions ***



The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics (CYBCONF-2017) to be
held in Exeter, England, UK, 21-23 June 2017

http://cse.stfx.ca/~CybConf2017



*Sponsored by*

IEEE;

IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMC).

and supported by

IEEE SMC Technical Committees on Cybermatics for Cyber-enabled Worlds;

IEEE SMC Technical Committees on Awareness Computing;

IEEE SMC Technical Committees on Intelligent Industrial Systems;

IEEE SMC Technical Committees on Distributed Intelligent Systems.



*General Information: *

CYBCONF-2017 invites proposals for Special Sessions (SS) and Workshops (WS)
to be held in conjunction with the conference. The aim is to provide
researchers in focused areas the opportunity to present and discuss their
work, as well as to offer a forum for interaction among a broader community
of researchers. A Special Session will consist of a group of papers in a
sub-discipline of all aspects of Cybernetics and applications related to
the main topics of CYBCONF-2017. The papers will be required to meet the
same standards as CYBCONF-2017 papers and will be published in the
conference proceedings, available on IEEE Xplore. Normally, an SS should
contain 5 or more papers, and a WS should contain 2 or more sessions (10 or
more papers). The organizers of the SS/WS are encouraged to make a plan for
post conference special issues in some high-quality international journals.



*Proposal submission: *

Please send the WS/SS proposals (in PDF format) to Prof. Qiangfu Zhao (
qf-zhao at u-aizu.ac.jp) by 15 December 2016 with the following information:

1.   Title and acronym of the WS/SS

2.   Short profiles of the organizers

3.   General description of the WS/SS

4.   List of topics

5.   Special session program committee (to be invited and confirmed)

6.   (optional) Plan for post conference special issue

·           Journal name

·           Contact of the guest editors



*General rules for the organizers: *

The organizers will be responsible for the advertisement and promotion of
the WS/SS and the conference. The management of papers review will be
achieved by SS/WS Committees, using the Conference Management System (a
separate track will be provided for each SS/WS). The organizers are
responsible for managing the review process. All the reviews should be
submitted through the Conference Management System. Each paper should
obtain at least three reviews. At least 5 papers should be accepted by SS,
and a WS should accept 2 or more sessions (10 or more papers). The final
decision as for the acceptance will be taken by the CYBCONF 2017 Program
Committee based on recommendations provided by SS/WS organizers. One
complimentary registration will be given to the leading chair of each
workshop or special session with more than 15 registered papers.



*Important Dates:*

WS/SS Proposal:     15 December 2016

WS/SS Notification: Within two weeks after receiving a proposal

Submission of papers: 1 March 2017 (could be extended to 22 March 2017)

Notification of acceptance: 22 April 2017

Camera-ready papers:        15 May 2017

Early-bird registration:    15 May 2017

Conference:                 21-23 June 2017



*Special Session Chair: *

Qiangfu Zhao, The University of Aizu, Japan, Email: qf-zhao at u-aizu.ac.jp