Workshops

N.	Session title	Acronym	Organisers	Topics	Proc.
1	Agricultural and Environmental Information and Decision Support Systems deadline: April 3rd, 2016	AEIDSS 2016	Sandro Bimonte, (IRSTEA , France) André Miralles, (IRSREA, France) Therese Libourel (LIRMM, France), François Pinet, (IRSTEA, France)	Database, Data Warehouses; Geographic Information Systems; Cloud/Grid Computing; Distributed information systems; Interoperability between information systems; Data Integration; Geovisualization Knowledge management; Spatial Big Data; Geosensor network; Software Engineering; Data Mining; Application domains (include but are not limited to): Agricultural production; Agricultural traceability and food safety; Eco-technologies; Environmental issues in rural and urban areas; Forest fires; Global climate change; Impact assessments of agricultural and industrial activities; Soil, air and water quality models; Precision farming; Risk assessments; Modeling and simulation for environment and agriculture; Water management …	LNCS
2	Advances in information Systems and Technologies for Emergency preparedness and Risk assessment deadline: April 20th, 2016	ASTER 2016	Maurizio Pollino(ENEA, Italy), Marco Vona(University of Basilicata, Italy), Beniamino Murgante(University of Basilicata, Italy)	ICT, Geomatics, Structural Engineering, Risk Assessment, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Emergency mangement, Resilience	LNCS
3	Advances in Web Based Learning deadline: April 3rd, 2016	AWBL 2016	Mustafa Murat İnceoglu (Ege University, Turkey)	Mobile learning; Student modeling in Web based learning; Learning Management Systems; AI in Web Based Learning; Web based learning standards; Web 2.0 / Web 3.0 technologies; High Performance Computing in Web Based Learning, semantic web and ontologies in Web Based Learning.	LNCS
4	Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications deadline: April 3rd, 2016	BIONCA 2016	Nadia Nedjah and Luiza de Macedo Mourell (State University of Rio de Janeiro, UERJ)	Genetic Algorithms, Swarm Intelligence, Genetic Programming, Particle Swarm Optimization, Ant colony Optimization, Swarm Robotics, Evolutionary Optimization, Evolutionary Hardware, Applications, Neurocomputing	LNCS
5	Computer Aided Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis deadline: April 3rd, 2016	CAMSA 2016	Jie Shen(University of Michigan, USA), Hao Chenina(Shanghai University of Engineering Science, China), Xiaoqiang Liun(Donghua University, China) Weichun Shi(Shanghai Maritime University, China), Yujie Liu (Southeast Jiaotong University, China)	This workshop will provide a forum for scientists and engineers alike to present their latest findings on the subject of computer aided modeling, simulation and analysis. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Computer aided modeling and analysis (novel algorithms or applications) Geometric modeling and processing Numerical and design optimization Finite Element, Boundary Element, or Meshless Simulation Computer Vision and Image Processing	LNCS
6	Computational and Applied Statistics deadline: April 3rd, 2016	CAS 2016	Ana Cristina Braga and Ana Paula Costa Conceicao Amorim (University of Minho, Portugal)	Statistical Inference; Statistical computing; Biostatistics; Reliability; Survival analysis; Industrial Statistics; Decision Theory; Design of Experiments; Multivariate Analysis; Nonparametric Inference; Statistical Genetics; Statistical Quality Control; Survey Sampling; Computational Bayesian methods.	LNCS
7	Computational Geometry and Security Applications deadline: April 3rd, 2016	CGSA 2016	Marina Gavrilova(University of Calgary, Canada)	Design and analysis of geometric algorithms; Animation of geometric algorithms; Computational methodology; Algorithms for Biometric Security; Pattern Recognition and Image Processing; Large Data Management; Scientific Visualization; Geometric methods in computer graphics; Computational methods in bioinformatics; Computational methods in security; Space Partitioning; Data structures (including Voronoi Diagrams and Delaunay triangulations); Geometric computations in parallel and distributed environments; Mesh generation; Interpolation and surface reconstruction; Spatial and terrain analysis; Security and Privacy in GIS; Navigation; Path planning; Robotics; Novel applications of geometric algorithms in security domain; Algorithm implementation; Virtual reality.	LNCS
8	Computational algorithms for Sustainability Assessment deadline: April 20th, 2016	CLASS 2016	Antonino Marvuglia (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg), Mikhail Kanevski (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) Beniamino Murgante(University of Basilicata, Italy)	The workshop welcomes contributions encompassing (the list is not exhaustive): Machine learning for environmental data analysis, modelling and visualization. Geostatistics, remote sensing and advanced Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applications; Biophysically based models to study human interaction with ecosystem services; Agent Based Modeling (ABM) for sustainability assessment; Computational approaches for Life Cycle Costing; Dynamic Life Cycle Inventory modelling; Sensor networks for environmental data harvesting; Network Analysis applications to natural and technological systems analysis; Multi Objective Optimization involving environmental constraints; Emergy accounting of complex systems; Use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools for resource optimization; Social data mining application to inform sustainability policies; Uncertainty modeling (fuzzy techniques, Bayesian approaches, etc.);	LNCS
9	Chemistry and Materials Sciences and Technologies deadline: April 3rd, 2016	CMST 2016	Antonio Laganà(Perugia University, Italy), Noelia Faginas Lago (Perugia University, Italy), Leonardo Pacifici(Perugia University, Italy)	Realistic simulations based on rigorous molecular treatments of chemical processes and material, design, implementation and exploitation of accurate and fast algorithms on parallel machines and distributed environments (such as the Grid) to maximize the performances and make calculations feasible will be at the hearth of the workshop.	LNCS
10	Computational Optimization and Applications deadline: April 3rd, 2016	COA 2016	Ana Maria Rocha(University of Minho, Portugal) and Humberto Rocha(University of Coimbra, Portugal)	Computational Optimization: new issues in computational algorithms for continuous and discrete optimization; deterministic and stochastic algorithms, nature-inspired algorithms and other metaheuristic algorithms for solving optimization problems. Applications: case studies in all areas of sciences, engineering and industry, including economics, medicine, biology, earth sciences and social sciences.	LNCS
11	Cities, Technologies and Planning deadline: April 20rd, 2016	CTP 2016	Giuseppe Borruso(University of Trieste, Italy), Beniamino Murgante(University of Basilicata, Italy)	SDI and Planning; Planning 2.0; Urban social network; E-democracy, E-participation, Participatory Gis; Technologies for eParticipation, policy modelling, simulation and visualisation; Second Life and participatory games; Ubiquitous Computing Environment - Urban computing - Ubiquitous-City; Neogeography; Collaborative mapping; Geotagging; Volunteered Geographic Information Crowdsourcing; Ontology; City Gml; Web 2.0 Wikinomics, Socialnomics; Mesh up	LNCS
12	Databases and Computerized Information Retrieval Systems deadline: April 3rd, 2016	DCIRS 2016	Sultan Alamri(College of computing and Informatics, SEU, Saudi Arabia), Adil Fahad(Albaha University, Saudi Arabia) and Abdullah Alamri(Jeddah University , Saudi Arabia)	Data warehouse, Cloud database, Secure Cloud Storage, information retrieval systems, Access Control, Security, Privacy and Trust, Data Repository, Data Management, Spatial Database, query processing, Parallel/Distributed Algorithm and Architecture, Data Modeling, Big data processing and analytics, Mobile computing, Semantic databases,	CPS
13	Data Science for Intelligent Decision Support deadline: April 3rd, 2016	DS4IDS 2016	Filipe Portela(University of Minho, Portugal), Manuel Filipe Santos(University of Minho, Portugal)	Applied Data Science (to various domains, e.g. health, medicine, marketing, government, accounting, financing, management); Big Data; Business Intelligence; Cloud Computing; Data and Text Mining; Data architectures and Data Engineering; Decision Support; Information Retrieval; Intelligent Data analysis and visualization solutions; Intelligent Decision Support Systems; Interoperability; Knowledge-based solutions; Machine-Learning; Mobile and ubiquitous solutions; Multi-Agent systems; Online-Learning; Ontologies; Pervasive Systems; Predictive Analytics; Sensor-based systems; Solutions to create knowledge and support the decision (e.g. Healthcare; Finances; Education; Government); Streaming data; Web-Based solutions.	LNCS
14	Econometrics and multidimensional evaluation in the urban environment Deadline: April 20th, 2016	EMEUE 2016	Carmelo M. Torre(Polytechnic of Bari, Italy), Maria Cerreta(University Federico II of Naples, Italy), Paola Perchinunno(University of Bari, Italy), Raffaele Attardi(University of Naples Federico II, Italy), and	multidimensional approaches in urban economics, new analytical and empirical approaches, hard, soft and fuzzy multicriteria analysis, multidimensional computing, bio-econometrics, spatial econometrics, MCDM in environmental, cultural and urban economics	LNCS
15	Future Computing Systems, Technologies, and Applications deadline: April 3rd, 2016	FiSTA 2016	Bernady O. Apduhan(Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan), Rafael Santos(National Institute for Space Research, Brazil), Jianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan), Qun Jin (Waseda University, Japan)	Cloud/Grid/Cluster Computing/Systems, Green Computing/Communication, Sustainable Cloud, Intelligent/Mobile Agents, Ontologies in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Biologically Inspired Algorithms in ICT Systems Design, Social Networking and Computing, Web and Grid Service-based Applications, Wireless Mobile/Pervasive Computing, Autonomic Computing, Service Oriented Computing, Parallel/Distributed Computing Techniques.	CPS
16	Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial statistics deadline: April 10th, 2016	Geo-and-Mod 2016	Giuseppe Borruso(University of Trieste, Italy), Beniamino Murgante(University of Basilicata, Italy), and Hartmut Asche(University of Potsdam, Germany)	The growth of spatial data infrastructures produced an increase of geographical data availability at any scale and worldwide. Within a few years, all over the planet many Clearinghouse nodes have been arisen and more rapidly they have become Geo-portals with the main task of facilitating geographic data searching. At the same time the growing of availability of geographic data and information involve also private sector (e.g . Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth, etc.). This growth has not been fully coupled by an increase of knowledge to support spatial decisions. Spatial analytical techniques and geographical analysis and modelling methods are therefore required in order to analyse data and to facilitate the decision process at all levels. Old geographical issues can find an answer thanks to new methods and instruments, while new issues are developing, challenging the researchers for new solutions. This workshop is aimed at contributing to the development of new techniques and methods to improve the process on knowledge acquisition.	LNCS
17	GPU Technologies deadline: April 15th, 2016	GPUTech 2016	Gervasi Osvaldo(University of Perugia, Italy), Sergio Tasso(University of Perugia, Italy), and Flavio Vella(University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy)	GPU architectures; GPU benchmarking/measurements; Multi-GPU systems; Heterogeneous GPU platforms; Scientific Computing; Algorithms for Big Data Analytics; Machine Learning and Deep Learning; GPU power/efficiency; GPU applications	LNCS
18	International Workshop on Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Biostatistics deadline: April 3rd, 2016	IBBB 2016	Unal Ufuktepe (American University of the Middle East)	Mathematical Modeling in Biology, Bioinformatics, Advances in Biomathematics, Statistical applications in medicine and ecology, Analysis of dynamical biological processes using differential equations, Computational molecular biology and phylogenetics, Stochastic Modeling in Biology, Biomath Education	LNCS
19	7th International Symposium on Software Quality deadline: April 15th, 2016	ISSQ 2016	Sanjay Misra (Covenant University, Nigeria)	process and product quality, quality assurance and standards(including all Verification and Validation techniques), testing, quality planning, quality control and software quality challenges, auditing, risk management, quality assurance tools, techniques, methodologies and frameworks, quality management process, role of software metrics, predictor metrics and control metrics, role of measurement in accessing the quality and limitations, standards (e.g CMMI, ISO, IEEE) etc.	LNCS
20	Land Use Monitoring for Soil consumption reduction deadline: April 20th, 2016	LUMS 2016	Carmelo M. Torre(Polytechnic of Bari, Italy), Alessandro Bonifazi(Polytechnic of Bari, Italy),Valentina Sannicandro(University Federico II of Naples, Italy), Massimiliano Bencardino(University of Salerno, Italy), Gianluca di Cugno(Polytechnic of Bari, Italy), and Beniamino Murgante(University of Basilicata , Italy)	land use, environmental monitoring, webgis, sustainability, geostatistics, land value	LNCS
21	Mobile Communications deadline: April 3rd, 2016	MC 2016	Hyunseung Choo(Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)	Topics include, but are not limited to: Wireless Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks; Wireless BAN/PAN/LAN/Home Networks; Software Define Networking; Embedded Networking; Human-Computer Interaction Applications; Mobility Supported Protocols; Security in Mobile Computing; Cooperative Communications;	LNCS
22	Mobile-computing, Sensing, and Actuation - Internet of things deadline: April 13th, 2016	MSA4IoT 2016	Saad Qaisar(NUST School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Pakistan), and Moonseong Kim ((Korean intellectual Property Office))	Computing Multi-sensor data fusion / Cloud computing for CPS / Distributed computing, Graph and data mining for CPS / Inference Engines and Algorithms / Context-aware computing / Decision support systems for CPS / Embedded computing / Event processing and Event Driven Architecture (EDA) / Mobile computing Sensing Sensing hole and full coverage problems / Context-aware computing / Data reliability / Data aggregation / Self-* for wireless sensor networks / Applications of wireless sensor networks Actuation Actuator design for CPS / Control methods for mobile sensors / Networked control for CPS / Embedded systems and controls for cyber physical systems Mobility and Networking Sensor mobility problems / Mobile data transmission / Mobile networking / Cooperative communication System level architecture Real-time CPS / Middleware for CPS / Novel device designs for CPS / Cross-layer techniques / Testbeds / Business process management / Hardware-Software Co-design / Coupled sensing, computing and actuation / End-to-end quality of service / Human computer interaction Applications of cyber physical systems Smart Power Grid / Resource distribution / Smart Water Distribution System / Vehicular ad-hoc networks / Healthcare / Activity and Life-style monitoring / Social networks / CPS as a service / CPS as an infrastructure / CPS as a solution	LNCS
23	Quantum Mechanics: Computational Strategies and Applications deadline: April 3rd, 2016	QMCSA 2016	Mirco Ragni, (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil), Ana Carla Peixoto Bitencourt(Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil), Vincenzo Aquilanti(Perugia University, Italy), Andrea Lombardi (University of Perugia), and Federico Palazzetti (University of Perugia)	The purpose of this session is of collect works developed using the first principle of the quantum mechanics and oriented to the applications in different areas. Today, the solution of the Schroedinger equation does not represent only the quantum description of atoms and molecules. Quantum mechanics, jointly with suitable computational strategies, is also an important tool that allows to design molecular structures with specific purposes. For example, strategic areas of research, like biology, quantum computation, and nano-structured materials, are strongly dependent from theoretical studies.	LNCS
24	ICT and Remote Sensing for environmental and risk monitoring (RS-Env 2016) deadline: April 20th, 2016	RS-Env 2016	Rosa Lasaponara(IRMMA, CNR, Italy) Weigu Song(University of Science and Technology of China, China) Eufemia Tarantino(Polytechnic of Bari, Italy) Bernd Fichtelmann(DLR, Germany)	ICT and Remote Sensing for environmental and risk monitoring	LNCS
25	Remote sensing for Cultural Heritage : documentation, management and monitoring deadline: April 20th, 2016	RSCH 2016	Rosa Lasaponara(IRMMA, CNR, Italy), Nicola Masini(IBAM, CNR, Italy Zhengzhou Base, International Center on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage, China), Chen Fulong(Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth,Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)	Remote sensing for Cultural Heritage : documentation, management and monitoring	LNCS
26	Scientific Computing Infrastructure deadline: April 20th, 2016	SCI 2016	Elena Stankova(Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia) Vladimir Korkhov (Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia) and and Alexander Bodganov(Saint-Petersburg State University	virtualization, para-virtualization, application containers and delivery techniques; information systems, accounting, distributed system and application performance monitoring; distributed databases, key-value stores and parallel file systems for high-performance computing; scientific and general workflow systems, scientific virtual experiment tracking and data provenance; application portability for heterogeneous and homogeneous distributed computer systems	LNCS
27	Software Engineering Processes and Applications deadline: April 15th, 2016	SEPA 2016	Sanjay Misra (Covenant University, Nigeria)	Software models, agile development, software engineering practices, requirements, system and design engineering including architectural design, software modeling, testing strategies and tactics, process and product metrics for each phase of software development, component based software engineering, software quality, verification and validation techniques and software project management.	LNCS
28	Social Networks Research and Applications deadline: April 3rd, 2016	SNRA 2016	Eric Pardede(La Trobe University, Australia), Wenny Rahayu(La Trobe University, Australia), David Taniar(Monash University, Australia)	Social Network and Relationship Analysis: Theory and Algorithms, Tools and Techniques, Practicality and Applications, Social Network Mining, Social Network Representation, Computational social networks, Collaborative social network, Dynamic Social Networks; Location-Based Social Networking Services: Spatial, temporal, social and content data of LBSN, Social Network based Recommender Systems, Human mobility pattern and mining in LBSN, Data management in LBSN; Social Media Data for Online Social Networks: Social Media representation, Social Media computing techniques, Intelligence social media network, Soft computing techniques on social media network	LNCS
29	Sustainvability Performance Assessment: models, approaches and applications toward interdisciplinarity and integrated solutions. deadline: April 15th, 2016	SPA 2016	Francesco Scorza (University of Basilicata, Italy),Valentin Grecu (Lucia Blaga University on Sibiu, Romania)	Sustainability, Climate Change, individual behaviours and Sustainability, Environment preservation and exploitation, Enhancement of ecosystem services, Policy and Planning, Territorial resilience, Sustainable development, Sustainable water systems, Social sustainability and inclusion, Resilience facing global change	LNCS
30	Tools and Techniques in Software Development Processes deadline: April 15th, 2016	TTSDP 2016	Sanjay Misra(Covenant University, Nigeria)	The session provides a forum for researchers, academicians and practitioners to share their new achievements, tools and techniques in field of Software development process. It covers most recent novel ideas, new developments, and industrial experiences, in the field of software development	CPS
31	The Volunteered Geographic Information: From open street map to participation deadline: April 20th, 2016	VGI 2016	Claudia Ceppi, Beniamino Murgante (University of Basilicata, Italy), Francesco Mancini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy), Giuseppe Borruso (University of Trieste, Italy), Lucia Tilio	Neogeography, volunteered geographic information, crowdsourcing, collaborative mapping, WikiCities, wikinomics, urban social networks, urban sensing, participatory GIS, Open Government, Open Data, VGI VS SDI, OpenStreetMap	LNCS
32	Virtual Reality and Applications deadline: April 15th, 2016	VRA 2016	Osvaldo Gervasi(University of Perugia, Italy),Lucio Depaolis(University of Salento, Italy)	VR systems; VR toolkits; Augmented and Mixed Reality; VR based scientific visualization; 3D interaction; Haptic, audio and immersive interfaces; Learning and assessment based on VR approaches; Molecular VR techniques; Virtual classes and practice; VR on Grid environments: Virtual Laboratories; Educational games; VR applied to Cultural Heritage; VR applied to Medicine.	LNCS
33	Web-based Collective Evolutionary Systems: models, measures, applications deadline: April 15th, 2016	WCES 2016	Alfredo Milani(University of Perugia, Italy),Valentina Franzoni(University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy),Yuanxi Li(Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China),Clement Leung(United International College, Zhuhai, China),Rajdeep Niyogi(Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India)	-evolutionary models for collective systems, social networks dynamics; -semantic proximity measures in social networks, weak semantics models; -collective knowledge discovery, emergent collective behavior; -link prediction, citation networks, bibliometrics in collective environments; -emotion recognition, sentiment analysis, wisdom of crowds; -collaborative social tagging, trust, reputation and recommendation systems; -multimodal media search, semantics of social multimedia; -massive learning environment, peer assessment, teachers self evaluation; -ubiquitous and mobile collective systems, massive personal sensor networks integration;	LNCS