SMART 2016 – Scientific Methods in Academic Research and Teaching

Timișoara, Romania, November 17-20, 2016

Programme
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Nov. 1, 2016: abstract submission and conference registration (the final papers should be sent after the day of the conference, by December 15, 2016)

Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016:

Arrival of participants
Friday, Nov. 18, 2016

Welcome Talks
Keynote speakers
Paper presentations
Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016

Paper presentations
Gala dinner
Sunday, Sept. 17, 2016

Social activities
Departure of participants
General information

SMART 2016 – Scientific Methods in Academic Research and Teaching is an international conference that brings together specialists in Social Media, Education, Informatics, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, in order to create a proper environment for debates regarding the use of new technologies and of the most creative strategies in research, higher education and other fields.The acronym SMART was also used in the previous editions of the conference (Bacau – 2013, Timisoara – 2014 and Voronet (Gura Humorului) – 2015), when it stood for “Social Media in Academia: Research and Teaching”. The previous editions of SMART focused on understanding the way in which social media can generate a positive influence on the learning process or on the academic research. Furthermore, it was highlighted the role through which web 2.0 can help in the civil/social/political engagement. Beginning with 2016, SMART also extends its areas of interest on recent research in Education, either connected to Social Media or not. Benefiting from the experience in editing and coordinating the academic journal BRAIN – Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (indexed in Web of Science), we considered that approaching topics related to Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience or Cognitive Sciences is also useful for the conference.

Topics
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Social Media for Research and Professional Development
Open Educational Resources and Massive Open Online Courses
The Political Power of Social Media
Social Networks and Riots, Protests, and Revolutions
Social Media as a Tool for Advertising, Business etc.
Artificial Intelligence Tools for Education
Intelligent Systems for E-learning
Research in Neurosciences and the Future of Education
The Roles of Cognitive Science in Education
Psychology, Psycholinguistics and Education
Recent Research in Artificial Intelligence, Cogntiive Science, Neuroscience
Fees

Participation fee: 50 euro per person
Publication and Web of Science indexing: 50 euro per paper
Registration

You can register until November 1, 2016
You have to fill the registration form and send it together with your abstract by e-mail to smart2016@edusoft.ro
The final papers can be send after the conference (by December 15, 2016).
Scientific committee

Ana Adi, Bournemouth University, UK
Bogdan Patrut, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
Charlotte Holland, Dublin City University, Ireland
Carmen Holotescu, Ioan Slavici University of Timisoara, Romania
Diana Andone, University Politehnica Timisoara, Romania
Gabriela Grosseck, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Ilona Buchem, Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Ilya Levin, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Jonathan Bishop, Swansea University, United Kingdom
Luciana Duranti, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Mar Camacho, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona-Catalonia, Spain
Martin Ebner, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Mercedes Fisher, Milwaukee Area Technical College
Miikka Eriksson, University of Lapland, Finland
Narelle Lemon, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Monica Patrut, Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romania
Olena Goroshko, The National Technical University: Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine
Stefan-Trausan Matu, Bucharest “Politehnica” University & Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence “Mihai Drăgănescu”, Romanian Academy, Romania
Sandra Hofhues, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Sonia Pedro Sebastião, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal & Center for Administration and Public Policies, Portugal
Vaclav Stetka, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Valentina Marinescu, University of Bucharest, Romania
Organizing committee

Bogdan Patrut, EduSoft & Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
Diana Andone, University “Politehnica” Timisoara, Romania
Carmen Holotescu, Ioan Slavici University of Timisoara, Romania
Gabriela Grosseck, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Gabriela Tabacaru, EduSoft Bacau, Romania