[IMPORTANT INFORMATION: DECIDED TO SKIP eScience in 2020!!]

To all eScience 2020 contributors,

We regret to inform you that because of the evolving COVID situation, we have decided that it is no longer tenable to run eScience 2020 this September. We have considered a number of possible implementations, but even if the world situation has improved dramatically by then, it is now clear that we will not attract sufficient papers to run a viable event. Accordingly, we have stopped accepting paper submissions for eScience 2020.

It was a very hard decision to make. We understand many people have been making great efforts to make eScience 2020 successful and fruitful. However, the situation is still developing, and the future is quite unclear. Safety of participants and their families is our primary concern as well as delivering a successful event.

From all aspects, we have carefully sought other options including a virtual conference and proceedings only. We concluded that skipping this year’s event is the only that minimizes disadvantages for all stakeholders, including authors, presenters, attendees, sponsors and supporting personnel and organizations. We value face-to-face discussions and offline networking opportunities. We concluded that holding eScience 2020 without such opportunities will not worth conducting at the cost of efforts all stakeholders going to make.

In skipping this year’s event, we are sure that the next eScience conference will he held when the current situation is resolved, and open travel is again possible (most universities have banned all travel, and isn’t clear when this restriction will be lifted). We sincerely look forward to seeing all of you there. Future plans will be announced as soon as it is ready.

 Susumu Date and Shinji Shimojo – eScience 2020 General Co-Chairs Steering Committee Members

The 16th eScience Conference will be held in Osaka, Japan from September 8 – 11, 2020.

eScience 2020 welcomes the international community of researchers and software engineers from all disciplines to present and discuss their scientific practices involving data science, artificial intelligence and computing. Researchers from the humanities to physics, engaged in collaborative data- or compute-intensive research, are invited to attend. The objective of the eScience Conference is to promote innovation in collaborative research across all disciplines, throughout the research lifecycle.

The digital world is transforming science and society, simultaneously presenting new opportunities and challenges. One of these challenges is keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in computer science. Furthermore, some disciplines are well advanced in exploiting computational technologies and data science, while others are just scratching the surface. The aim of this conference is cross-fertilization across research disciplines, to advance science and humanities by fully exploiting the use of technology and cyberinfrastructure. Disciplines include, but are not limited to: life sciences, health research, arts, digital humanities and social sciences, physics, chemistry, astronomy, climate, environmental science, and earth science. Digital technologies include, but are not limited to: machine learning, natural language processing, real time data analysis, interoperability and linked data, multi-scale and multi model simulations, high performance computing, workflow technologies, reproducibility, visualization, open science and image processing.

This year, the conference is divided into special tracks in addition to the Main Track, namely:

•   Machine Learning for eScience
•   Software Tools & Infrastructure
•   eScience for location-based services

This call for papers is for papers in all tracks of the conference, all in IEEE format. Three types of papers will be accepted:

• Research papers (Full papers 8-10 pages and Short papers 4 pages): focus on new research achievements, spanning core technologies and applications.
• Experience papers (Full papers 8-10 pages and Short papers 4 pages): focus on practical outcomes through applying computer-, data- and information-science tools and techniques to novel problems.
• Posters (2 pages): focus on early stage results for presentation in a poster session, giving presenters a chance to showcase their latest results and innovations.

To be eligible for an oral presentation, you must submit the abstract of your full paper before Friday April 3, and your full paper before Friday April 10, 2020. Papers will also be considered for a poster presentation. All papers are single-blind peer reviewed and if accepted published in the conference proceedings. It is a requirement that at least one author of each accepted paper attends the conference.

On September 8, the day prior to the conference, there will be workshops and tutorials. Please refer to the call for workshops and call for tutorials separately.

In addition, this year, eScience is co-located with the Global Research Platform Workshop. The two conferences will offer shared events such as shared evening reception and opportunities for mingling during the breaks. Conference attendees will have the option to register for one or both conferences, in full or in part. These two audiences share interests, content, and culture, and we will announce further details of our collaboration in 2020. This is an opportunity to attend both events!

Key Dates

Workshop Submissions Due: Friday, March 6, 2020Workshop Acceptance Notification: Friday, March 20, 2020Paper Abstracts Due: Friday, April 3, 2020Paper & Tutorial Submissions Due: Friday, April 10, 2020Notification of Paper & Tutorial Acceptance: Friday June 12, 2020

Poster Submissions Due: Friday June 26, 2020Notification of Poster Acceptance: Friday July 17, 2020All Camera-ready Submissions Due: Friday August 7, 2020Conference Dates: September 8-11, 2020

Paper Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit conference papers (Full papers 8-10 pages and Short papers 4 pages) for an oral presentation using the IEEE 8.5 × 11 manuscript guidelines: double-column text using single-spaced 10-point font on 8.5 × 11 inch pages. Templates are available from IEEE.

Authors are invited to submit a 2 page paper for a poster presentation using the same template including figures and references.

Contributions should be submitted in PDF format to easychair.