[agents] CFP: IEEE COMPSAC 2021 - ITiP Symposium (deadline: Jan 15, 2021), All-Virtual event

[Marco Guazzone]

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IT in Practice (ITiP) Symposium COMPSAC 2021
(part of IEEE COMPSAC 2021)

All-Virtual, July 12-16, 2021
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URL: https://ieeecompsac.computer.org/2021/itip/


IMPORTANT DATES

* Main conference papers due: 15 January 2021
* Paper notification: 15 April 2021
* Camera-ready and registration due: 15 May 2021


CALL FOR PAPERS

IT in Practice (ITiP) Symposium COMPSAC 2021, cosponsored by IT 
Professional, covers practice-entered research and design, development 
and operation of computing and IT applications in a range of areas. 
Aligned with conference theme “Intelligent and Resilient Computing for a 
Collaborative World,” the symposium focuses on diverse elements 
necessary to successfully architect, design, engineer, configure and 
field IT applications as well as application-oriented research 
outcomes.  It also covers new risks and concerns of IT and its applications.

The symposium serves the interests and needs of IT practitioners and 
researchers, application developers and IT managers from business, 
industry and government.  It presents an interactive forum for sharing 
and gaining valuable insights and experiences and facilitates active 
engagement among IT professionals and researchers around the globe.

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Topics
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We solicit submissions on a range of topics related to the symposium 
theme, including but not limited to:

* AI and machine learning — applications, risks, concerns
* Automation — advances, applications, impact
* Autonomous systems and vehicles
* Augmented data analytics, location analytics
* Blockchain and crypto currency
* Cloud computing, fog computing, edge computing
* Cognitive computing and its applications
* Crowd sourcing and collaborative computing
* Cyber-physical systems
* Cyberrisks and cybersecurity
* Data and social media mining
* Data management and governance
* Digital twins
* Design, deployment and management of large scale systems
* Emerging trends in IT
* Enterprise IT/IS management
* Ethics and privacy
* FinTech
* Geographical information system (GIS)
* Green computing and sustainability
* Human factors in IT
* Industry 4.0
* Information assurance and security
* IT application architecture, data architecture
* Internet of Things
* IT audit and controls
* IT in arts, music, entertainment and culture
* IT in business, healthcare, finance and government
* IT in education and training
* IT services and service providers
* IT standards and regulations
* IT strategy, AI strategy, and data Strategy
* Smart systems – smart cities, smart grid, smart buildings, smart logistics
* Social computing
* Social impact of IT
* Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, extended reality

We also welcome case studies, experience reports, position papers and 
visionary perspectives. We solicit both regular and short papers. 
Furthermore, to facilitate presentation of their already published work 
to a wider audience in person and to gain feedback on their work, 
authors can submit their published work in an IEEE journal in the last 
three years or accepted but not yet published papers for presentation 
under the J1C2 (Journal First and Conference Second) scheme.

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished papers. Simultaneous 
submission to other publication venues is not permitted. In accordance 
with IEEE policy, submitted manuscripts will be checked for plagiarism; 
instances of alleged misconduct will be handled according to the IEEE 
Publication Services and Product Board Operations Manual.


SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE

Symposium Co-Chairs
- San Murugesan, BRITE Professional Services, Australia. Email: 
san at computer.org
- Charalampos (Babis) Patrikakis, University of West Attica, Greece. 
Email: bpatr at uniwa.gr

PC Co-Chairs
- G.R. Gangadharan, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, 
India. Email: geeyaar at gmail.com
- Piyush Saxena, Direct Supply, USA. Email: piyush.saxena.phd at gmail.com

General Chair
- Irena Bojanova, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
USA. Email: irena.bojanova at computer.org

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Marco Guazzone, PhD
Computer Science Institute, DiSIT
University of Piemonte Orientale
address: Viale T. Michel 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
phone: +39-0131-360484
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