I4CS 2021: 21st International Conference on Innovations for Community Services University of Bamberg Bamberg, Germany, May 26-28, 2021 |
Conference website | http://www.i4cs-conference.org/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i4cs2021 |
Submission deadline | February 1, 2021 |
Author notification | March 1, 2021 |
Authors' registration | March 15, 2021 |
Camera-ready copies | March 15, 2021 |
Interdisciplinary thinking is a key success factor for any community. "Bridging Digital Communities" is the motto of the I4CS 2021. The conference adresses internet community systems, foundations, technology, applications as well as socializations.
Due to the rapid evolution of web technologies and rich mobile Internet devices, ICT support for communities is possible on the next qualit level. In search of innovative solutions, multi-disciplinary collaboration among researchers, service providers and industry partners is essential to invent novel Internet Community Services. The I4CS is a direct follower of the former I2CS (International Conference on Innovative Internet Community Systems).
Submission Guidelines
I4CS solicits submissions of unpublished papers presenting research results, industrial experiences and applications, as well as detailed specifications of open problems.
Electronic submission is required. Full papers of no more than 16 pages and written in English should be submitted as PDF files using the EasyChair conference management system (submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i4cs2021). All submitted papers will be subject to a single-blind review process by at least three members of the program committee.
We will continue our cooperation with Springer. For formatting instructions and templates please refer to https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines. In addition, the papers will be submitted to indexing libraries, e.g. DBLP and Scopus.
List of Topics
Technology: Distributed Architectures and Frameworks
- Data architectures and enablers for community services
- Mobile collaboration and learning infrastructures
- 5G technologies and ad-hoc mobile networks
- Search, information retrieval, and artificial intelligence
- Common data models and big data analytics
Applications: Communities on the Move
- Social networks, news, and open collaboration
- Block chain for business and social life
- Recommender solutions and context awareness
- Augmented reality, robotics, and location-based gaming
- Intelligent transportation, logistics, and connected cars
Socialization: Ambient Work and Living
- Pandemic-related challenges, eHealth and ambient assisted living
- Smart energy and home control
- Smart cities and municipal infrastructure
- Digitalization, IoT, and cyber physical systems
- Security, identity, and GDPR privacy protection
Publication
As in the previous years, I4CS will publish their proceedings 2021 in the series Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) by Springer.
Venue
I4CS 2021 will be held from May 26 till 28, 2021 in Bamberg/Germany. Bamberg is located in Bavaria, Germany. The city has very different facetes to dicover. Bamberg is UNESCO World Heritage Site. There is so much to discover in and around Bamberg. The conference will take place in the Auditorium Maximum of the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg.
Contact
Web reference
- Conference URL: http://www.i4cs-conference.org/
- Submission URL: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i4cs2021
- Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/i4csconference
Contact to chairs:
- Udo R. Krieger, University of Bamberg, Germany [conference-chair@i4cs-conference.org]
- Gerald Eichler, Deutsche Telekom Technology & Innovation Darmstadt, Germany [steering-chair@i4cs-conference.org]
- Christian Erfurth, Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena, Germany [progam-chair@i4cs-conference.org]
- Günter Fahrnberger, University of Hagen, Germany [publication-chair@i4cs-conference.org]
For further details and news, please check regularly the conference URL at http://www.i4cs-conference.org/ or feel free to drop an email to info@i4cs-conference.org!