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C A L L F O R P A P E R S
Paper
Submission Deadline: March 18, 2013
FECS'13
The 2013
International Conference on Frontiers in
Education:
Computer Science and Computer Engineering
July 22-25, 2013, Las Vegas, USA
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You are invited to submit a full paper for consideration.
All accepted papers will be published in printed conference books/proceedings
(ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed
in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each
paper. Like prior years, extended versions of selected papers (about 35%) 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 (Transactions on 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
in these books. The web sites for the two book series will be made available
after the logistics are finalized between our committee and the publishers
(both book series projects have been approved.) 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, Ei village, SCI,
...).
FECS'13 is composed of a number of tracks, including:
tutorials, sessions, workshops, posters, and panel discussions. The conference
will be held July 22-25, 2013, 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
IMPORTANT DATES:
March 18, 2013:
Submission of full papers (about 7 pages)
April 18, 2013:
Notification of acceptance (+/- two days)
May 5, 2013: Final papers + Copyright + Registration
July 22-25, 2013:
The 2013 International Conference on Frontiers in
Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering
(FECS'13)
CO-SPONSORS:
Currently being prepared - The Academic Sponsors of the
last offering of FECS (2012) included research labs and centers affiliated
with:
University of Minnesota, USA; Argonne National
Laboratory, Illinois, USA; George Mason University, Virginia, USA; Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; North Carolina A & T State
University, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts,
USA; Texas A&M University, USA; UMIT, Institute of Bioinformatics and
Translational Research, Austria; University of Iowa, USA; Russian Academy of
Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Medical Image HPC and Informatics Lab, Iowa, USA;
P3P8PCTD4042 and many others.
Sponsors At-Large included (corporate, associations,
organizations):
Intel Corporation; Super Micro Computer, Inc.,
California, USA; Altera Corporation; The International Council on Medical and
Care Compunetics; International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine; US
Chapter of World Academy of Science; High Performance Computing for
Nanotechnology; Luna Innovations; World Academy of Biomedical Sciences and
Technologies; Manx Telecom; Computer Science Research, Education, and
Applications Press; HoIP Telecom; Hodges Health; Leading Knowledge; OMG;
Science Publications and others.
SUBMISSION OF REGULAR PAPERS:
Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by
uploading them to the evaluation web site at:
http://world-comp.org .
Submissions must be uploaded by March 18, 2013 and must
be in either MS doc or pdf formats (about 7 pages including all figures,
tables, and references - single space, font size of 10 to 12). 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. The name of the conference (ie, FECS) must also be stated on the first
page of the paper as well as a 100 to 150-word abstract. The length of the final/Camera-Ready
papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (two-column IEEE style) pages.
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.
(Essay/philosophical papers will not be refereed but may
be considered for discussion/panels).
The 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, and 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, the proceedings
were included in these databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the
proceedings for indexing procedures to SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier. The printed
proceedings/books will be available for distribution on site at the conference.
In addition to the above, we have arranged two new book
series; one with Elsevier publishers (Transactions on 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
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, Ei
village, SCI, ...).
SUBMISSION OF POSTER PAPERS:
Poster papers can be 2 pages long. Authors are to follow
the same instructions that appear above (see, SUBMISSION OF REGULAR PAPERS)
except for the submission is limited to 2 pages. On the first page, the author
should state that "This paper is being submitted as a poster". Poster
papers (if accepted) will be published if and only the author of the accepted
paper wishes to do so.
MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:
Currently being finalized. The members of the Steering
Committee of The
2012 Congress that FECS was (and will be) part of
included: Dr. Selim Aissi, (formerly: Chief Strategist - Security, Intel
Corporation, USA) Senior Business Leader & Chief Architect, Visa
Corporation, USA; Prof.
Babak Akhgar, PhD, FBCS, CITP, Professor of Informatics,
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK; Prof. Hamid R. Arabnia, Professor
of Computer Science, Elected Fellow of ISIBM, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of
Supercomputing (Springer), University of Georgia, USA; Prof. Kevin Daimi,
Professor of Computer Science, Director of Computer Science and Software
Engineering Programs, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Software
Engineering, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA; Prof. Gerry
Vernon Dozier, Professor of Computer Science, Chair of Department of Computer
Science and Director of Center for Advanced Studies in Identity Sciences,
Center for Cyber Defense, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina,
USA; Dr. Michael R.
Grimaila, Associate Professor, Air Force Institute of
Technology, Systems Engineering, Fellow of ISSA, CISM, CISSP, IAM/IEM,
Editorial Board of ISSA Journal, Air Force Center of Cyberspace Research,
Advisor to the Prince of Wales Fellows & Prince Edward Fellows at MIT and
Harvard Universities and PC member of NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of
Excellence (CCD COE); Prof. Kun Chang Lee, Professor of MIS and WCU Professor
of Creativity Science, Business School and Department of Interaction Science,
Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea; Prof., Dr., Dr.h. Victor
Malyshkin, Head of Supercomputer Software Department (SSD), Institute of
Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of
Sciences, Russia; Prof. George Markowsky, Professor and Chair of Computer
Science, Associate Director of School of Computing and Information Science,
Chair of International Advisory Board of IEEE IDAACS and Director 2013
Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, Chair Bangor Foreign Policy
Forum, Cooperating Professor of Mathematics & Statistics Department UMaine,
Cooperating Professor of School of Policy & International Affairs UMaine,
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA; Prof. Andy Marsh, Director of HoIP,
Director of HoIP Telecom, UK, Secretary-General of WABT, Vice- president of
ICET, Visiting Professor, University of Westminster, UK; Prof. James J. (Jong
Hyuk) Park, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National
University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech), Korea, President of KITCS,
Presidentof FTRA, Editor-in-Chiefs of HCIS, JoC and IJITCC Journals; Ashu M. G.
Solo (Publicity Chair), Fellow of British Computer Society, Principal/Interdisciplinary
R&D Engineer and Mathematician, Maverick Technologies America; Prof. Sang
C. Suh, Head and Professor of Computer Science, Vice President, of Society for
Design and Process Science (SDPS), Director of Intelligent Cyberspace
Engineering Lab (ICEL), Texas A&M University, Com., Texas, USA; Prof. Layne
T. Watson, IEEE Fellow, NIA Fellow, ISIBM Fellow, Fellow of The National
Institute of Aerospace, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University,
Virginia, USA The 2013 Program Committee for FECS conference is currently being
compiled. Many who have already joined the committees are renowned leaders,
scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many
are directors of research labs., fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of
departments, program directors of research funding agencies, as well as deans
and provosts.
Program Committee members are expected to have
established a strong and documented research track record. Those interested in
joining the Program Committee should email editor@world-comp.org the following information for
consideration/evaluation: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing
address, email address, a one-page biography that includes research expertise
and the name of the conference (ie, FECS) offering to help with.
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 2013 World Congress in
Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP). The
Congress is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science,
computer engineering and applied computing. We anticipate to have 2,100 or more
attendees from over 85 countries.
The 2013 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 (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), and many other
distinguished speakers. To get a feeling about the Congress's atmosphere, see
the 2012 delegates photos available at: http://infinitydempsey.smugmug.com/WorldComp
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.
MEASURABLE SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF CONGRESS:
As of December 2012, papers published in the Congress
proceedings have received over 27,000 citations (includes about 2,000
self-citations).
Citation data obtained from http://academic.research.microsoft.com/
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CONTACT:
Inquiries should be sent to: sc@world-comp.org
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