PNC 2018 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings
Call for Papers and Posters (Extended to June 15)
Main Theme: Human Rights in Cyberspace
Dates: October 27th-30th (Saturday-Tuesday)
Venue: San Francisco, USA
URL: https://www.pnclink.org/pnc2018

PNC 2018 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings will be co-located with Digital
Heritage 2018 (http://www.digitalheritage2018.org/) in San Francisco from
October 27th-30th, 2018.

The main theme of the PNC 2018 is ''Human Rights in Cyberspace." The program
will focus on topics including digital heritage, information technology,
digital privacy and human rights.

The technical program of PNC 2018 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings will
include invited keynote, paper presentations, workshops and poster session.
The PNC 2018 provides a forum to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations
for scholars and researchers from fields including information technology,
humanities and social sciences.

The PNC online paper and poster submission system is open, the submission
deadline is extended to June 15th and the author notification will be sent
on August 1st. Authors are invited to submit a 6-8 pages technical paper
manuscript in double-column IEEE format. The proceedings of the conference
will be submitted to IEEE Xplore Digital Library for indexing.

Topics for submission include but are not limited to:

1. Digital Heritage
1.1 Area Studies
1.2 Cultural Diversity
1.3 Digital Archives
1.4 Digital Curation
1.5 Digital Preservation
1.6 e-Learning
1.7 Heritage Conservation
1.8 Intangible Culture
1.9 Linguistics

2. Information Technology
2.1 Artificial Intelligence
2.2 Data Science
2.3 Data Visualization
2.4 Geographic Information Science (GIS)
2.5 Internet of Things
2.6 Machine Learning
2.7 Virtual Reality

3. Digital Privacy
3.1 Ethics
3.2 Intellectual Property and Copyright
3.3 Privacy
3.4 Security
3.5 Semantic Web and Linked Data
3.6 Social Network Analysis

4. Human Rights
4.1 Amendments
4.2 Biodiversity
4.3 International Human Rights Law (IHRL) in Cyberspace
4.4 Sustainable Development

Submission Categories
Full Paper (6-8 pages)
Poster & Demo (1 page)

Full Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit full papers through EasyChair:
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pnc2018) by June 15, 2018.
The final manuscript (camera ready) will be required to submit by
September 15, 2018. Submissions must be original and should not have been
published previously while being evaluated for this conference. The required
length of paper is 6-8 pages including figures, tables & references.
All submitted paper must conform to the IEEE Template for
conference proceedings.

Poster Submission
Vendors or Institutions are welcome to take this opportunity to show research
results that are related to the conference main theme. Authors are invited to
submit abstracts (max. 500 words) by June 15, 2018. For poster competition,
participants are required to give an oral orientation. The best poster award
will be selected after evaluation of the Grading Committee.

Important Dates (Extended)
Submission Deadline: June 15th, 2018
Author Notification: August 1st, 2018
Final Manuscript (Camera Ready): Sept. 15th, 2018

Hosts (In alphabetical order)
Academia Sinica
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC)

About Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC)
Since 1993, the PNC has been committed to enhancing digital research and
interaction among researchers, educators, and professionals around the Pacific
Rim nations. The importance and contribution of the PNC has been widely
recognized by the digital and information technology community. For more
information, please refer to the PNC Homepage at https://www.pnclink.org.

Contact
PNC Secretariat
Email: pnc@sinica.edu.tw
Website: https://PNClink.org