Call for Papers

Scope

Interdisciplinary thinking is a key success factor for any community. "Technology Unites Cultures" is the motto of the 20th I4CS, to be held from January 12 till 14, 2020 in Bhubaneswar/India, dedicated to challenging aspects around modern community systems. Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Odisha. It is the largest city in Odisha and a center of economic and cultural importance in Eastern India. The KIIT (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) is an institute of higher education located in Bhubaneswar. The university is indisputably the educational number one in Bhubaneswar and will be an excellent conference host.

Due to the rapid evolution of web technologies and rich mobile Internet devices, ICT support for communities is possible on the next quality level. In search of innovative solutions, multi-disciplinary collaboration among researchers, service providers and industry partners is essential to invent novel Internet Community Services. The I4CS is a direct follower of the former I2CS (International Conference on Innovative Internet Community Systems).

Conference Topics

Technology - Distributed Architectures and Frameworks

    • Data architectures and enablers for community services

    • Innovation, rating, and social systems' management

    • 5G technologies and ad-hoc mobile networks

    • Search, information retrieval, and artificial intelligence

    • Common data models and big data analytics

Applications - Communities on the Move

    • Social networks, news, and open collaboration

    • Block chain for business and social life

    • Recommender solutions and context awareness

    • Augmented reality, robotics, and location-based gaming

    • Intelligent transportation, logistics, and connected cars

Socialization - Ambient Work and Living

    • eHealth challenges and ambient assisted living

    • Smart energy and home control

    • Business models and municipal infrastructure

    • Digitalization, IoT, and cyber physical systems

    • Security, identity, and GDPR privacy protection

I4CS solicits submissions of unpublished papers presenting research results, industrial experiences and applications, as well as detailed specifications of open problems.

Electronic submission is required. Full papers with up to 20 pages in one-column Springer LNCS/CCIS format and written in English should be submitted as PDF files using the EasyChair conference management system. All submitted papers will be subject to a single blind reviewing process by the program committee.

Publication

Only accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings book. It is planned to publish the proceedings with Springer in their Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series. Other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases (e.g. DBLP) are envisaged.