CCIT 2014 Call for Papers (Springer LNEE indexed by EI and SCOPUS)
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The 5th FTRA International Conference on
Creative Converged IT (CCIT 2014)

- Advanced Communications, Security, Intelligence, Big Data, Energy, and U-health, HumanCom -


http://www.ftrai.org/ccit2014


Daejeon, Korea, April 9-12, 2014


Organized by FTRA and KITCS
Published by Springer-LNEE (EI and SCOPUS Index)

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Submission due: Nov. 5, 2013 (Extended)
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1. All accepted papers will be published by CD conference proeeding by FTRA.

2. Accepted papers will be published by Springer LNEE - post proceeding (EI and SCOPUS Index).

3. Distinguished accepted and presented papers in CCIT-14, after further revisions,
will be recommended for the special issues of the following international journals (Pending):
- International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks - Hindawi (SCIE)
*** Open access online based Journal - Very Fast Production Process ***
- The Journal of Supercomputing (JoS) - Springer (SCI)
- Cluster Computing - Springer (SCIE)
- Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP) - Springer (SCIE)
- Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) - Springer
- International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience
- Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA Publishing
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Introduction
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The 2014 International Conference on Creative Converged IT (CCIT 2014)) will be held in in Daejeon, Korea, April 24-26, 2014.
The CCIT-14 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on Advanced Communications, Security, Intelligence, Big Data, Energy, Embedded System/SW, and U-health, Human Computing (CCIT).
The CCIT-14 will provide an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of Creative Converged IT such as Communications and Networks, Security and Cryptograpy, Intelligence and Robot, Big Data and Cloud Computing, Energy and Green IT, U-health and Bio-IT, Embedded System and Software, Multimeida Services, UI/UX, etc.
In addition, the conference will publish high quality papers which are closely related to the various theories and practical applications in CCIT. Furthermore, we expect that the conference and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject.
The CCIT-14 is the next renamed event in a series of highly successful the 5th International Conference on Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Intelligent Computing : MUSIC-13 (Gwangju, Korea, September 2013), MUSIC-12(Vancouver, Canada, 2012), International Workshop on Multimedia, Communication and Convergence technologies MCC-11 (Crete, Greece, June 2011), MCC-10 (Cebu, Philippines, August 2010).
Papers presented in the CCIT-14 will be published by Springer Post Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, ISSN: 1876-1100, which will be indexed by EI & SCOPUS Compedex.


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TOPICS (included, but are not limited to)
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Track 1. Communications and Networks
Track 2. Security, Privacy, and Trust Computing
Tacck 3. Intelligence and Robot
Tacck 4. Big Data and Cloud Computing
Tacck 5. Energy and Green IT
Tacck 6. U-health and Bio-IT
Track 7. Embedded System and Software
Track 8. Multimedia applications and Services
Track 9. Human Centric Computing - UI/UX
Track 10.Social Networking and Media



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Submission and Publications
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There will be a combination of presentations including scientific papers. Prospective authors are invited, in the first instance, to submit papers for oral presentations in any of the areas of interest for this conference. Authors should submit a paper with 5~6 pages at both two types in length, including all figures, tables, and references. If you want to submit more than page limitation, you can add up to 2 extra pages with the appropriate fee payment.

Papers must strictly adhere to page limits as follows.

-Regular paper: 6 pages (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost : by 8 pages)
-Cyber presentation Paper: 5 page (Max 2 extra pages allowed at additional cost : by 7 pages)
Papers exceeding the page limits will be rejected without review.


Please use the Springer Proceedings format for submission. Template is available here: Manuscript Templates

All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings as one of Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) series published by Springer (indexed by EI & SCOPUS).
Type 1. Regular paper submission : http://www.editorialsystem.net/ccit2014
Type 2. Cyber presentation paper submission : http://www.editorialsystem.net/ccit2014cyber


All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by post Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) - Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).


Distinguished accepted and presented papers in CCIT-14, after further revisions,
will be recommended for the special issues of the following international journals (Pending):
- International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks - Hindawi (SCIE)
*** Open access online based Journal - Very Fast Production Process ***
- The Journal of Supercomputing (JoS) - Springer (SCI)
- Cluster Computing - Springer (SCIE)
- Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP) - Springer (SCIE)
- Human-Centric and Information Sciences (HCIS) - Springer
- International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence (IJITCC) - Inderscience
- Journal of Convergence (JoC) - FTRA Publishing



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CCIT-14 Call for Workshops / Special Sessions
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In conjuction with CCIT-14, we will organize some workshops and special sessions.
The workshop proposals should be submitted to the leading workshops chair - Prof. Byung-Gyu Kim (bg.kim@ieee.org) by Oct. 1, 2013.


Workshops for presenting papers from industrial companies and papers on implementations of systems and services are very welcome. All accepted papers for the workshops will be included CCIT-14 conference proceeding - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) by Springer (indexed by EI and SCOPUS).


In general, a workshop or special session takes one day, although multiple-days and half-day special sessions / workshops are welcome.


The workshop proposal should include following information:

1. Title of the workshop: International Workshop on ...
2. Workshop Organizers(s): name, affiliation, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail.
3. Brief description of the workshop (several hundred words)
4. Expected number of papers to be submitted
5. Call for paper of the workshop (draft version - 1 page CFP MS Word version)
6. Tentative list of program committee members (Name, affiliation, country, email address)
7. Your workshop web address (Tentative)

Each workshop will start to distribute a call for paper after receiving the notification. Papers submitted to each workshop will be reviewed by the program committee and external reviewers of the workshop.



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Important Dates
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Workshop Proposal Submission Due: Oct. 1, 2013
Paper Submission Due: Jan. 5 , 2014 (Final Extension)
Accept Notification: Jan. 25 , 2014
Camera-ready paper Due: Feb. 5, 2014
Registration Due: Feb. 5, 2014
Conference/Workshop Dates: April 9-12, 2014


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ORGANIZATION (Pending)
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==Steering Chair==
James J. Park, SeoulTech, Korea



==General Chairs==
Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Young-Sik Jeong, Dongguk University, Korea
Victor Leung, University of British Columbia, Canada
Yunho Kim, Mokwon University, Daejeon, Korea



==General Vice-Chairs==
Hwa-Young Jeong, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Habib M. Ammari, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Anna Kang, Donguk University, Korea
Shiuh-Jeng Wang, Central Police University, Taiwan



==Program Chairs==
Gangman Yi, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea (Leading Chairs)
Robert C. H. Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain
Jinhua Guo, University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA
Zhou Su, Waseda University, Japan



==Workshop Chairs==
Byung-Gyu Kim, Sunmoon University, Korea
Li-Der Chou, Taiwan
Stephen Jarvis, University of Warwick, UK
Antonio Coronato, ICAR, Italy


==Program Committee==
TBA




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CONTACT INFORMATION
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For further information regarding the conference paper submission and program,
please contact to: Profs. James Park (parkjonghyuk1@hotmail.com) and Michael Jeong (jhymichael@gmail.com).


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