Friday, May 23, 2014

Call for Late Breaking Papers with Deadline of June 4, 2014: The 2014 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'14), USA, July 21-24, 2014


                           CALL  FOR  PAPERS
    CALL FOR LATE BREAKING PAPERS, POSITION PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, POSTERS

                   Submission Deadline: June 4, 2014

                               FECS'14
           The 2014 International Conference on Frontiers in
         Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering

                  July 21-24, 2014, Las Vegas, USA
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
This announcement is ONLY for those who MISSED the opportunity to submit their
papers in response to earlier "Call For Papers". Therefore, authors who have
already submitted papers in response to earlier "Call For Papers" should
IGNORE this announcement. (Those who have been notified that their papers have
been accepted, MUST still follow the instructions that were emailed to them;
including meeting the deadlines mentioned in the notifications that were sent
to them).


INVITATION:
You are invited to submit a "Late Breaking Paper", "Position Paper", or
"Abstract/Poster Paper" for consideration. All accepted papers will be published
in printed conference books/proceedings (ISBN) and will also be made available
online. Like prior years, extended versions of selected papers (about 45%) will
appear in journals and edited research books (publishers include: Springer,
Elsevier, BMC, and others). In addition to the above, we have arranged two new
book series; one with Elsevier publishers (Emerging Trends in Computer Science
and Applied Computing) and another with Springer publishers (Transactions of
Computational Science and Computational Intelligence). After the conference, a
significant number of authors of accepted papers of our congress, will be given
the opportunity to submit the extended version of their papers for publication
consideration in these books. Each book in each series will be subject to
Elsevier and Springer science indexing products (which includes: Scopus,
Ei village, SCI, ...).

The FECS'14 proceedings will be published in printed conference books (ISBN)
and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed in
science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each
published paper. Science citation databases include: Inspec / IET / The
Institute for Engineering & Technology; The French National Center for
Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (accessable from INIST,
Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, & STN International);
and others. Though, there is no guarantee that the proceedings will also be
included in SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings; in the past, many of the
proceedings of the federated congress that FECS is part of were included in
these databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the proceedings for
indexing procedures to SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier.


IMPORTANT DATES:

June 4, 2014:       Submission of papers for evaluation (the sooner, a submission
                    is received, the earlier, the notification will be sent out.)
June 14, 2014:      The notification of acceptance will be sent out typically one
                    week after the paper has been submitted.
June 26, 2014:      Registration
July 21-24, 2014:   The 2014 International Conference on Frontiers in Education:
                    Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'14)

August 20, 2014:    Camera-Ready Papers Due for publication
                    (Papers submitted and accepted in response to this announcement
                    will be published in the Final Edition of the proceedings which
                    will go to press soon after the conference; they will also be
                    indexed in science citation index databases.)

FECS'14 is composed of a number of tracks, including: tutorials, sessions,
workshops, posters, and panel discussions. All tutorials are free to registered
conference attendees - for a partial list of approved tutorials, see:
The conference will be held July 21-24, 2014, Las Vegas, USA.

SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

o  ABET Accreditation and assessment (experiences and methods)
o  Student recruitment and retention methods
o  Promoting multi-disciplinary initiatives - impact on curriculum
o  Capstone research projects: examples and case studies
o  Distance learning; methods, technologies and assessment
o  Innovative degree programs and certificates
o  Innovative uses of technology in the classroom
o  Collaborative learning
o  Learning models and learning from mistakes
o  Computer and web-based software for instruction
o  Ethics in computer science and engineering
o  Incorporating writing into CS and CE curriculum
o  Preparing graduates for academia
o  Preparing graduates for industry
o  Partnerships with industry and government
o  Team projects and case studies
o  Undergraduate research experiences
o  Student observation and mentoring strategies
o  Advising methods
o  Evaluation strategies (professors, students, ...)
o  Transition to graduate studies
o  Integrating gender and culture issues into computer science and
   engineering curriculum
o  The balance between course-work and research
o  Issues related to the choice of first programming language
o  Debugging tools and learning
o  Projects, software engineering, programming issues, and
   laboratory practices
o  Virtual laboratories
o  Computer science and computer engineering curriculum
o  Active learning tools
o  Undergraduates as teaching assistants
o  Funding opportunities for curriculum development and studies
o  Pilot studies
o  STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) initiatives
o  Teaching methods
o  Recruiting methods to attract graduate students
o  Proposed methods for ranking CS and CE departments
o  The role of visualization and animation in education
o  Academic dishonesty in a high-tech environment
o  Experiences in the formation of Department Advisory Board
o  Factors that lead to success in CS and CE


SUBMISSION OF LATE BREAKING PAPERS, POSITION PAPERS, ABSTRACTS/POSTERS:

In response to this announcement, authors are given the opportunity to submit
their papers for evaluation in one of the following three categories:

   1. Late Breaking Papers: describe late-breaking/recent developments in
      the field. The maximum number of pages is 7. Please write the following
      on the first page of your submission "FECS: LATE BREAKING PAPER".
      If accepted, The length of the final/Camera-Ready paper will be limited
      to 7 (two-column IEEE style) pages and the author will be given the
      opportunity to present the paper in a formal session.

   2. Position Papers: enable discussions on emerging topics without the
      experimentation normally present in an academic paper. Commonly,
      such papers will substantiate the opinions or positions put forward
      with evidence from an extensive objective discussion of the topic.
      The maximum number of pages is 4. Please write the following on the
      first page of your submission "FECS: POSITION PAPER".
      If accepted, The length of the final/Camera-Ready paper will be limited
      to 4 (two-column IEEE style) pages and the author will be given the
      opportunity to present the paper in a discussion/poster session.

   3. Abstract/Poster Papers: describe research roadmaps (similar to PhD
      plan or PhD prospectus). The maximum number of pages is 2. Please
      write the following on the first page of your submission
      "FECS: ABSTRACT/POSTER PAPER".
      If accepted, The length of the final/Camera-Ready paper will be limited
      to 2 (two-column IEEE style) pages and the author will be given the
      opportunity to present the paper in a discussion/poster session.

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers (see above for paper
categories) by uploading them to the evaluation web site at:
Submissions must be uploaded by June 4, 2014 and must be in either MS doc or
pdf formats. All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the
authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting
format to prepare their final papers for publication.) Papers must not have
been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
The first page of the paper should include: title of the paper, name,
affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first
page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5
topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper.

Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for originality,
significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases of contradictory
recommendations, a member of the conference program committee would be
charged to make the final decision (accept/reject); often, this would involve
seeking help from additional referees. Papers whose authors include a member
of the conference program committee will be evaluated using the double-blinded
review process. (Papers deemed to be philosophical, essay type, or about
controversial topics/applications will not be refereed but may be considered
for discussion/panels/presentation).

The FECS'14 proceedings will be published in printed conference books
(ISBN) and will also be made available online. The printed proceedings/
books will be available for distribution on site at the conference. The
proceedings will be indexed in science citation databases that track
citation frequency/data for each published paper. Science citation
databases include: Inspec / IET / The Institute for Engineering &
Technology; The French National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS,
INIST databases, PASCAL (accessable from INIST, Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO,
OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, & STN International); and others. Though,
there is no guarantee that the proceedings will also be included in
SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings; in the past, many of the proceedings
of the federated congress that FECS is part of were included in these
databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the proceedings for
indexing procedures to SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier.

In addition to the above, we have arranged two new book series (multiple
books in each series); one with Elsevier publishers (Emerging Trends in
Computer Science and Applied Computing) and another with Springer publishers
(Transactions of Computational Science and Computational Intelligence).
After the conference (the whole process takes 12 months), a significant
number of authors of accepted papers of FECS, will be given the
opportunity to submit the extended version of their papers for publication
consideration in these books. We anticipate having between 10 to 20 books
a year in each of these book series projects. Each book in each series
will be subject to Elsevier and Springer science indexing products (which
includes: Scopus, www.info.scopus.com; SCI Compendex, Engineering Village,
www.ei.org; EMBASE, www.info.embase.com; and others).

Note that authors who submit papers in response to this announcement, will
have their papers evaluated for publication consideration in the Final Edition
of the conference proceedings which will go to press soon after the conference
(the conference would then make the necessary arrangements to ship the printed
proceedings/books to such authors). The Final Edition of the conference
proceedings will be identical to earlier edition except for a number of
sections/chapters appended to the proceedings/book.


GENERAL INFORMATION:

FECS is an international conference that serves researchers, scholars,
professionals, students, and academicians who are looking to both foster
working relationships and gain access to the latest research results. It is
being held jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other research
conferences; namely, The 2014 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, and Applied Computing. The Congress is among the top five largest
annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and
applied computing. We anticipate to have attendees from about 85
countries/territories.

The 2014 Congress will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures,
invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations.
In recent past, keynote/tutorial/panel speakers have included:
Prof. David A. Patterson (pioneer, architecture, U. of California,
Berkeley), Dr. K. Eric Drexler (known as Father of Nanotechnology),
Prof. John H. Holland (known as Father of Genetic Algorithms; U. of
Michigan), Prof. Ian Foster (known as Father of Grid Computing; U. of
Chicago & ANL), Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (pioneer, VR, U. of California,
Berkeley), Prof. Barry Vercoe (Founding member of MIT Media Lab, MIT),
Dr. Jim Gettys (known as X-man, developer of X Window System, xhost;
OLPC), Prof. John Koza (known as Father of Genetic Programming, Stanford
U.), Prof. Brian D. Athey (NIH Program Director, U. of Michigan),
Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna (pioneer, U. of Southern California), Dr. Jose
L. Munoz (NSF Program Director and Consultant), Prof. Jun Liu (pioneer,
Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard U.), Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh (Father of
Fuzzy Logic), Dr. Firouz Naderi (Head, NASA Mars Exploration Program/
2000-2005 and Associate Director, Project Formulation & Strategy, Jet
Propulsion Lab, CalTech/NASA; Director, NASA's JPL Solar System
Exploration), Prof. David Lorge Parnas (Fellow of IEEE, ACM, RSC, CAE, GI;
Dr.h.c.: ETH Zurich, Prof. Emeritus, McMaster U. and U. of Limerick),
Prof. Eugene H. Spafford (Executive Director, CERIAS and Professor, Purdue
University), Dr. Sandeep Chatterjee (Vice President & Chief Technology
Officer, SourceTrace Systems, Inc.), Prof. Haym Hirsh (Dean, Cornell
University - formerly at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA and former
director of Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, National
Science Foundation, USA), Dr. Flavio Villanustre (Vice-President, HPCC
Systems), Prof. Victor Raskin (Distinguished Professor, Purdue University,
USA); Prof. Alfred Inselberg (School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv
University, Israel; Senior Fellow, San Diego Supercomputing Center;
Inventor of the multidimensional system of Parallel Coordinates and
author of textbook); Prof. H. J. Siegel (Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished
Professor of ECE and Professor of CS; Director, CSU Information Science
and Technology Center (ISTeC), Colorado State University, Colorado, USA);
and many other distinguished speakers. To get a feeling about the
conferences' atmosphere, see some delegates photos available at:

An important mission of The Congress is "Providing a unique platform for
a diverse community of constituents composed of scholars, researchers,
developers, educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes concerted
effort to reach out to participants affiliated with diverse entities
(such as: universities, institutions, corporations, government agencies,
and research centers/labs) from all over the world. The congress also
attempts to connect participants from institutions that have teaching as
their main mission with those who are affiliated with institutions that
have research as their main mission. The congress uses a quota system to
achieve its institution and geography diversity objectives."

One main goal of the congress is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated
research conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a coordinated
research meeting held in a common place at a common time. This model
facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of computer
science, computer engineering, and applied computing. The Congress also
encourages multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research initiatives;
ie, facilitating increased opportunities for cross-fertilization across
sub-disciplines.

TUTORIALS:

All tutorials are free to conference registrants, the list of tutorials
that have been approved so far can be found at:
We plan to offer more tutorials (in addition to what is already posted on
the web). As of the writing of this announcement, the following tutorials
have been approved and they will be presented by distinguished speakers:

O. Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
   accreditation of Computer Science Program
O. Natural Language in Information Security and Privacy
O. Recommendation Systems for Big Data
O. Energy-Aware Resource Management for Computing Systems
O. Hacking with Kali Linux
O. Cryptography and Network Security
O. First Programming Language in CS Education - The Argument For Scala
O. Fault Tolerance and Beyond
O. Agents at High Seas
O. Actor Parallelism and Akka/Scala
O. Cloud Computing for Big Data Challenges
   (Cloud Architectures and Big Data Tools)
O. The Use of ICT to Mitigate Income Inequality

Currently, we are evaluating 6 other proposals and they are in the areas of
Big Data and Data Analytics (3 proposals); Entrepreneurial Spirits;
Visualization and Datamining; and Computational Biology. 4042


USEFUL LINKS:

Conference web site:

Partial list of tutorials:

Partial list of keynotes:

Location of the conference:


MEASURABLE SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF CONGRESS:

As of December 14, 2013, papers published in the congress proceedings that
FECS is part of, have received over 27,500 citations (includes about 3,300
self-citations). Citation data obtained from Microsoft Academic Search. This
citation data does not even include more than 15,000 other citations to
papers in tracks whose first offerings were initiated by the congress. Based
on citation record and other relevant metrics, Microsoft Academic has listed
FECS annual conferences in its list of Top Conferences:
FECS's citation record appears at:

MISCELLANEOUS:
The information that appears in this announcement is correct as of May 19,
2014.

CONTACT:

Inquiries should be sent to: sc@world-comp.org


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