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Call for Papers
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2014 International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2014)

3 - 5 November 2014 | Hong Kong, China

http://smartcomp2014.comp.polyu.edu.hk

*Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society

Smart computing is emerging as an important multidisciplinary area, which can be broadly classified into two major areas: how to design and build smart computing systems and how to use computing technology to design smart things and make human life better. Applications of smart computing span across different areas, such as business, healthcare, environmental protection, security, entertainment, and social activities. The advancement of cloud computing, pervasive computing and social computing are bringing smart computing to a newer dimension and improving our ways of living.

2014 International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2014) invites original papers on any topic that is related to smart computing. Hosted by the Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, SMARTCOMP 2014 is the first international conference on smart computing. With the theme ¨Innovation and Applications through Smart Computing〃, SMARTCOMP 2014 will provide an interactive forum for researchers, engineers and vendors from different disciplines to exchange ideas and experience, identify future directions and challenges, and explore collaborative research and system development. This conference will significantly benefit a large variety of audience from both academia and industry. You are cordially invited and most welcome to participate in SMARTCOMP 2014.

The topics to be addressed at SMARTCOMP 2014 will include, but are not limited to, all aspects of smart computing such as pervasive/ubiquitous computing, cloud computing, internet of things, big data analytics, security and privacy, social computing, cognitive computing, cyber-physical systems, smart buildings and cities. Submissions should be targeted to one of the following five major areas:

* Theory and algorithms
* Hardware and devices
* Systems and middleware
* Methodologies and paradigms
* Applications

Submission Guidelines:
Paper submissions should be no longer than 8 pages with a font size of 10 using the IEEE conference template (http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html). Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files. All submitted papers will be subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. All presented papers in the conference will be published in the proceedings of the conference and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Selected high-quality papers may be published in special issues of SCI indexed and other international journals.

EDAS link of submission: http://edas.info/N18087

Important Dates:
* Submission: 30 June 2014
* Notification: 1 August 2014
* Camera-ready: 1 September 2014

Chairs of Organizing Committees:
General Co-Chairs
* Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia
* David Zhang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Program Co-Chairs
* VijayaKumar Bhagavatula, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
* Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Program Vice Chairs
* Henry Chan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
* Sajal Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
* Victor Leung, The University of British Columbia, Canada
* Neeraj Suri, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany
* Jane You, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

We look forward to your support and participation in SMARTCOMP 2014!

See you in Hong Kong!

Warm Regards,

2014 International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2014)

Conference Website: http://smartcomp2014.comp.polyu.edu.hk
Email: smartcomp2014@comp.polyu.edu.hk