CALL FOR PAPER: The 8th IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing (PIC-2021, Online), December 17 –19, 2021, Shanghai. China / Tampere, Finland. Conference site: http://www.picconf.com/

The 2021 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing (PIC-2021) is the eighth edition of the PIC conference series. This year's conference will be held online to deal with the uncertainty of the covid-19 epidemic. In addition to the online sessions, offline sessions will also be held in Shanghai/Tampere respectively to facilitate face-to-face communications among local nearby participants. The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Beijing Section, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China, co-organized by Tampere University, Finland.

Scope
PIC-2021 continues the tradition of providing a forum for researchers and practitioners in academia and industry to discuss the progress, challenges, experiences, and trends of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Computing, Software Engineering, Human-computer Interactions to exchange ideas, share knowledge and promote future cooperation.

Topic of interests

Artificial intelligence
• Machine Learning / Data Mining
• Ambient Intelligence
• Pattern Recognition
• Knowledge Representation
• Decision Support Systems
• Multi-Agent Systems
• Information Retrieval
• Natural language processing
• Fuzzy Logic
• Knowledge Engineering
• Semantic Web
• Recommendation Systems

Big data and pervasive computing
• Big Data Processing
• Cloud Computing
• Pervasive Computing
• Internet of Things
• Sensor Network
• Wireless Network
• Vehicular Network
• Mobile Computing
• Embedded Systems
• Information Security
• Cryptography
• Social Network
• Computer Graphics
• Computer-Aided Design
• Virtual Reality

Multimedia and human-computer interaction
• Scientific Computing
• Computer Simulation
• Multimodal Computing
• Video & Image Processing
• Multimedia Systems
• Computer Games
• Intelligent User Interfaces
• Computer Art
• User Modeling

Software engineering and applied informatics
• AI in Software Engineering
• Software Reuse
• Requirements Engineering
• Object-Oriented Design
• Agent-based Sytems
• Service Computing
• Workflow Management
• Management Information Systems
• Computer Supported Cooperative Work
• Business Informatics, E-Learning, etc.
• Legal Informatics, Bioinformatics, etc.
• Miscellaneous Applications

Submission Details
• Authors are invited to submit their papers in English of 4-10 pages, including references, and present the original research results or innovative practical applications relevant to the conference. Practical experiences with state-of-the-art methodologies are also acceptable demonstrating lessons of unique value to the conference attendees.
• All accepted papers will be published in the IEEE categorized conference proceedings and submitted to EI Compendex and IEEE Xplore. After the conference, extended versions of selected papers will be recommended for publication in several international SCI, EI, and CSCD indexed journals.

Important Dates
Submission deadline: September 30, 2021
Final Notification: November 10, 2021
Registration: November 20, 2021
Camera Ready November 20, 2021

Supported by
IEEE Beijing Section, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Tampere University