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<p class="MsoNormal">Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM’2018)
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>4 – 7 December 2018, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ict-dm.org">http://ict-dm.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">----------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paper Submission: 1 June 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Notification: 1 Sep. 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Camera-Ready: 20 Sep. 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Poster Submission: 20 Sep. 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submission link: <a href="https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=24487">
https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=24487</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM’2018) aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery,
etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for detection, prevention,
preparation, response and recovery of disasters. There will also be invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as special sessions dedicated to case studies, demonstrations and experiences based on pragmatic approaches.
This way, the conference will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers, as well as practitioners involved in applied-focused research. The conference accepts three types of submissions, specifically full papers (5 to 8 pages),
short papers (3 to 4 pages), and posters & demos (1 to 2 pages). The presented full and short papers will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore. The posters & demos will not be included in the conference proceedings. Topics of interest include, but are
not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Big data analytics in disaster management<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Cloud computing, context-aware computing, mobile computing<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Communication infrastructures, technologies and services<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Coordination, collaboration and decision support technologies<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Crowd sourcing, remote sensing, cyber-physical systems<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Data/information mining and management<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Disaster relief logistics, E-governance, evacuation and rescue geo-planning<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Internet of things for disaster and emergency management<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Interoperability of heterogeneous systems<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Modeling and simulation tools for crisis and disaster situations<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Open source data and space based resources<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Performance measurement, prediction and early warning systems<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Querying and filtering on heterogeneous, multi-source disaster data<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Risk, damage and loss assessment<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Security and privacy issues in information sharing<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Service oriented architectures, situation awareness<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Social media and networks<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Uncertainty and possibly adversity in data handling and delivery<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Wireless networks based solutions for disaster management<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span>Other related topics in the domain of ICT-DM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">General Co-chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hideaki Sone, Tohoku University, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Soufiene Djahel, MMU, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yusheng Ji, NII, Japan <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Advisory board<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shigeki Yamada, NII, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kiyoshi Takano, University of Tokyo, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Takuo Suganuma, Tohoku University, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TPC Co-chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Celimuge Wu, UEC, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Said Yahiaoui, CERIST, Algeria<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Carlos T. Calafate, Technical University of Valencia, Spain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Publication Co-chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Guohui Zhang, University of Hawaii, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Imane Horiya Brahmi, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Zhi Liu, Shizuoka University, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Publicity Co-chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cong Chen, University of South Florida, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nafaa Jabeur, German University of Technology in Oman, Sultanate of Oman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kun Wang, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Adam Widera, University of Muenster, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Poster Co-chairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Osamu Uchida, Tokai University, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keisuke Utsu, Tokai University, Japan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sponsored by <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">IEEE, IEEE ComSoc,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cyberscience Center, Tohoku University, IEEE ComSoc Communications Software TC, and TC Big Data<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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