************************************************ CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************ Second International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2012) March 23-25, 2012, Wuhan, China icist.mae.cuhk.edu.hk Second International Conference on Information Science and Technology (ICIST 2012) will be held in Wuhan, China during March 23-25, 2012, as a sequel to ICIST 2011 (Nanjing). ICIST 2012 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state of the art of research and applications of information science and technology. The conference will feature plenary speeches given by world renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and special sessions focusing on popular topics. The ICIST 2012 Proceedings (IEEE catalog number: CFP1242M-CDR and ISBN: 978-1-61284-0344-7) will be indexed by EI. In addition, selected high-quality papers would be published in special issues of SCI-journals. Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to ICIST 2012. In addition, proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the conference are solicited. Special sessions, to be organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposals to ICIST 2012. A special session proposal should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, names, contact information and brief biographical information on the organizers. ************************************************ PROGRAM TOPICS ************************************************ Papers of all topics related information science and technology are welcome. The topics to be covered at the conference include, but are not limited to, the followings: Track 1: Computer Science and Engineering Track 2: Signal Processing and Telecommunication Track 3: Control, Robotics, and Automation Track 4: Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering ************************************************ IMPORTANT DATES ************************************************ Special session proposals deadline ……………………………………………… October 1, 2011 Full paper submission deadline …………………………………………………… November 1, 2011 Notification of acceptance ………………………………………………………… December 15, 2011 Camera-ready copy and author registration …………………………………… February 15, 2012 More information can be found at: icist.mae.cuhk.edu.hk For inquiries, please contact the secretariat at: icist2012@gmail.com ICIST 2012 Secretariat
