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May/June 2016
Table of Contents

 

Summary

In Print

Point to Point

Calls for Participation

Goings On

Deadline Reminders

 

C L I P S   A N D   P O I N T E R S

May/June 2016

 

In Print

  • Handbook: Digital Preservation Handbook, 2nd Edition, Digital Preservation Coalition © 2015.

    "Digital information is increasingly important to our culture, knowledge base and economy. The Handbook, first compiled by Neil Beagrie and Maggie Jones in 2001, is maintained and updated by the DPC. This full revision (the 2nd Edition) has expanded and updated content to cover over 30 major sections (see Contents). The 2nd edition was compiled with input from 45 practitioners and experts in digital preservation under the direction of Neil Beagrie as managing editor and William Kilbride as chair of the Management and Advisory Boards."

  • Developing a National STEM Workforce Strategy: A Workshop Summary (2016), Joe Alper, Rapporteur; Planning Committee for the National Summit on Developing a STEM Workforce Strategy; Board on Higher Education and Workforce; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academies Press, 2016. DOI: 10.17226/21900.

    "The future competitiveness of the United States in an increasingly interconnected global economy depends on the nation fostering a workforce with strong capabilities and skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). STEM knowledge and skills enable both individual opportunity and national competitiveness, and the nation needs to develop ways of ensuring access to high-quality education and training experiences for all students at all levels and for all workers at all career stages."

  • Lifelong Learning and Technology, by John B. Horrigan, March 22, 2016, Pew Research Center.

    "Most Americans feel they are lifelong learners, whether that means gathering knowledge for 'do it yourself' projects, reading up on a personal interest or improving their job skills. For the most part, these learning activities occur in traditional places - at home, work, conferences or community institutions such as government agencies or libraries. The internet is also an important tool for many adults in the process of lifelong learning. [This] Pew Research Center report shows the extent to which America is a nation of ongoing learners."

  • Perceptions 2015: An International Survey of Library Automation, by Marshall Breeding, January 31, 2016, Library Technology Guides.

    "The International Survey of Library Automation aims to provide a candid glimpse into the effectiveness of strategic library technology systems from the perspective of the libraries that use them for their daily operations and to fulfill the expectations of their patrons. It focuses primarily on integrated library systems and library services platforms as the applications libraries use to acquire, describe, manage, and provide access to their collections."

  • Library Leadership for the Digital Age, Deanna Marcum, Ithaka S+R, 28 March 2016.

    "This Issue Brief presents highlights of a talk that Deanna Marcum mad at the National Federation of Advanced Information Systems (NFAIS) annual meeting in February 2016. It focuses on what kind of library leadership is required for the digital environment."

  • Knowledge Unbound: Selected Writings on Open Access, 2002 - 2011, by Peter Suber, MIT Press 2016.

    "In these texts, Suber makes the case for open access to research; answers common questions, objections, and misunderstandings; analyzes policy issues; and documents the growth and evolution of open access during its most critical early decade." The book is available as a free download and may also be purchased in paper format.

  • The Network Reshapes the Library: Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services and Networks, by Lorcan Dempsey, edited by Kenneth J. Varnum.

    "In this compendium, editor Kenneth J. Varnum provides an expertly curated selection of entries from Lorcan Dempsey's 12 years of influential blog posts that library planners, administrators, and those interested in technology will find enduringly stimulating. The Network Reshapes the Library: Lorcan Dempsey on Libraries, Services and Networks is available in a print edition from the ALA Store in the US, and from Facet in the UK. It is also available as an e-book from Amazon in the US and worldwide, as well as from other major e-book vendors. You can download a free digital version of the book."

  • Ithaka S+R US Faculty Survey 2015, by Christine Wolff, Alisa B. Rod, and Roger C. Schonfeld, Ithaka S+R, April 4, 2016.

    "The breadth of topics in the Ithaka S+R US Faculty Survey is intended to provide evidence to support libraries, publishers, learned societies, intermediaries, and academia broadly in our collective effort to strengthen teaching, research, and learning."

  • Libraries and Learning, by Lee Rainie, Pew Research Center, April 2016.

    "Majorities of Americans think local libraries serve the educational needs of their communities and families pretty well and library users often outpace others in learning activities. But many do not know about key education services libraries provide....As a rule, libraries' performance in learning arenas gets better marks from women, blacks, Hispanics, those in lower-income households, and those ages 30 and older....At the same time, many do not know that libraries offer learning-related programs and materials such as e-books, career and job resources, and high school certification courses."

  • Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science and Engineering in 2017-2020 (2016), Committee on Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science in 2017-2020; Computer Science and Telecommunications Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academies Press, Copyright 2016 by the National Academy of Sciences.

    From the Preface: "The first phase of the report culminated in an interim report issued in 2014, Future Directions for NSF Advanced Computing Infrastructure to Support U.S. Science and Engineering in 2017-2020: An Interim Report, that identified key issues and discussed potential options. The interim report set forth 9 major areas where the committee sought input from the scientific computing community (Box P.2). The committee received over 60 comments from individuals, research groups, and organizations (listed in Appendix A) in response to its call for comments. It gathered further input through additional data-gathering sessions convened by the committee and listed in Appendix B. This is the committee's final report. As this study was being completed, an executive order was issued establishing a National Strategic Computer Initiative (NSCI), a measure that underscores the importance of advanced computing for the nation in general – and for science in particular. This report briefly discusses NSF's role in the NSCI."

  • Building Blocks: Laying the Foundation for a Research Data Management Program, by Ricky Erway, Laurence Horton, Amy Nurnberger, Reid Otsuji, and Amy Rushing, OCLC Research, 2016.

    "Establishing a research data management (RDM) program has become a pressing imperative for many research libraries, but relatively few have a program in place. The challenges are many; these include learning about RDM principles and issues, assessing the local institution's greatest needs, selecting and implementing a repository environment, working with researchers to convey the importance of this work, preparing training materials, building expertise among library staff, and establishing metadata guidelines....In addition to guiding readers through the full array of stages in building a program, Building Blocks includes more than 100 citations to resources that implementers can learn from and leverage."

  • Primary Source, April 2016, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

    "Primary Source presents brief articles to alert readers to new information about grants, monthly highlights of best practices, and important agency news with hotlinks to more detailed information on the IMLS Web site."

  • Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, Winter 2016, edited by Andrea L. Duda, University of California, Santa Barbara.

    "Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship publishes substantive content of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share successful initiatives and innovative ideas, and to publish peer-reviewed or board-accepted papers, including case studies, practical applications, theoretical essays, web/bibliographies, and research papers relevant to the functions and operations of science and technology libraries in all settings. Through its columns ISTL also publishes reviews, opinions, and best practices."

  • Code4Lib, Issue 32, 2016-04-25.

    "The Code4Lib Journal exists to foster community and share information among those interested in the intersection of libraries, technology, and the future."

  • PERICLES FP7 newsletter, March 2016.

    "In this issue you will find an update on our latest activities, recent blogs and an introduction to PROPheT (PERICLES Ontology Population Tool). You will also find a selection of upcoming events and other news of interest to the digital preservation community. PERICLES is a four-year Project (2013-2017) funded by the European Union, which aims to address the challenge of ensuring that digital content remains accessible in an environment that is subject to continual change."

  • Publications, Volume 4, Issue 1 (March 2016).

    "Publications (ISSN 2304-6775) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal which provides an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of academic, scholarly, and professional publishing. Its aim is to encourage scholars and publishing professionals to publish their research and theoretical results in as much detail as possible."

 

Point to Point

  • Grey Literature: SlideShare 2003-2015. Greynet Grey Literature Network.

    "This site provides an online collection of slide presentations from Grey Literature conferences held between 2003 and 2015."

 

Calls for Participation

  • First International Conference on Real Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2016), 19 - 21 September 2016, Beijing, China. Call for Papers. The submission deadline is 15 June 2016.

    "To leverage the full potential of the opportunity build complex real time systems, intense research is required and this conference will serve as one such platform to manifest the ongoing research in the real time intelligence system. The conference welcomed theoretically grounded, methodologically sound research papers from academia and industry that address variety of aspects and innovations related to real-time computing systems."

  • 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 14 - 18 October 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark. Call for Posters, Demos and Videos. The submission deadline is 24 June 2016.

    "The Annual Meeting (AM) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is a premier, peer-reviewed international conference that gathers scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share research, innovations, and insights regarding how information and technology mediate the creation and use of knowledge within and across cultures and enhance lives."

  • 4th Workshop on Emotions and Personality in Personalized Systems (EMPIRE), 15 September 2016, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Call for Papers. The submission deadline is 24 June 2016.

    "The RecSys research community has done a tremendous job in the last decade on exploiting various data sources to improve recommendations through sophisticated algorithms. The workshop complements these core RecSys activities by pushing the agenda of taking into account user-centric aspects, such as emotions and personality, into the RecSys framework....The workshop will be in conjunction with ACM RecSys 2016 in Boston (MIT). It is currently scheduled for Thursday, 15 September, 2016. It will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the IBM Research campuses."

  • Eleventh International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2016), 19 - 21 September 2016, Porto, Portugal. Call for Papers. The submission deadline is 30 June 2016.

    "ICDIM intends to bridge the gap between different areas of digital information management, science and technology. This forum will address a large number of themes and issues. The conference will feature original research and industrial papers on the theory, design and implementation of digital information systems, as well as demonstrations, tutorials, workshops and industrial presentations."

  • Second International Workshop on 'Future Big Data' (FBD 2016), 20 September 2016, Porto, Portugal. Call for Papers. The submission deadline is 5 July 2016.

    "Big Data concern large-volume, complex, growing data sets with multiple, autonomous sources. With the fast development of networking, data storage, and the data collection capacity, Big Data are now rapidly expanding in all science and engineering domains, including physical, biological and biomedical sciences. This workshop will address the features of the Big Data revolution, Big Data processing model, data driven models, big data standards, and so on....[The] workshop is held in conjunction with the Eleventh International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2016)."

 

Goings On

  • EdTechXEurope 2016, 15 - 16 June 2016, London, United Kingdom

    "EdTechXEurope is the leading thought leader summit bringing together executive level investors, innovators and industry influencers from European and international education companies."

  • American Society for Indexing – Indexing Society of Canada Annual Conference: The Drama of Indexing, 16 - 18 June 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

    "The 2016 annual conference, a joint effort of the American Society for Indexing (ASI) and the Indexing Society of Canada (ISC/SCI), will be a signature opportunity for you to get some rehearsal in. With sessions on the latest developments in software programs, eBooks, recombinant indexes for textbooks, resolving client conflicts, embedding, taxonomies, and many others, you'll be able to bone up on the latest techniques and trends in order to strut your stuff on the indexing stage."

  • International Conference on Information Technology and Science (ICITS), 17 - 19 June 2016, Tokyo, Japan.

    "ICITS focuses on timely and emerging topics of interest to the Information Technology and Science. It provides an opportunity for in-depth exchange of research ideas in an informal environment. To encourage discussion and dissemination of the latest research developments, early-stage work, and possibly controversial results. The conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and scientists in the domain of interest from around the world."

  • 9th EAI International Conference on Mobile Multimedia Communications, 18 - 20 June 2016, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.

    "MobiMedia is intended to provide a unique international forum for researchers from industry and academia, working on multimedia coding, mobile communications and networking fields, to study new technologies, applications and standards."

  • JCDL 2016: Big Libraries, Big Data, Big Innovation, 19 - 23 June 2016, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

    "[JCDL] is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of disciplines and professions involved in digital library research and practice, including computer science, information science, librarianship, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities."

  • Digital Humanities Australasia, 2016, 20 - 23 June 2016, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.

    "The aim of DHA 2016 is to advance and critically assess the uses of digital technologies in humanities research and the communication of its outcomes. The conference offers a supportive, interdisciplinary environment to explore the challenges and opportunities working with digital tools and techniques present."

  • The Joint Workshop on Bibliometric-enhanced Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing for Digital Libraries (BIRNDL 2016), 23 June 2016, Newark, New Jersey, USA.

    "The BIRNDL 2016 workshop is a joint scientific event gathering scholars from the BIR (Bibliometric-enhanced Information Retrieval) and the NLPIR4DL (Text and citation analysis for scholarly digital libraries) communities. The scope of BIRNDL is on scholarly publications and data - the explosion in the production of scientific literature and the growth of scientific enterprise; its consistent exponential growth approaches an empirical law. The workshop will investigate how natural language processing, information retrieval, scientometric and recommendation techniques can advance the state-of-the-art in scholarly document understanding, analysis and retrieval at scale."

  • American Library Association Annual Conference, 23 - 28 June 2016, Orlando, Florida, USA.

    "The ALA Annual Conference is the premier global library event each year, bringing together the newsmakers, innovators, thought leaders, and influencers in the library field, from all over the world. News is made at these event, where important announcements are made, updates are shared, relevant legislation and policy are addressed, and discussions take place that have a major impact on libraries, their role, and their ongoing transformation."

  • International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference, 26 - 29 June 2016, Denver, Colorado, USA.

    "As the creator and steward of the definitive education technology standards, ISTE's mission is to empower learners to flourish in a connected world by cultivating a passionate professional learning community, linking educators and partners, leveraging knowledge and expertise, advocating for strategic policies, and continually improving learning and teaching."

  • Seventh International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences, 26 June - 1 July 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

    "Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from institutions in Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States are invited to apply for the seventh International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences...The summer school is sponsored by Compute/Calcul Canada, the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) with funds from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) and the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (RIKEN AICS)."

  • 9th conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS), 27 - 29 June 2016, Uppsala, Sweden.

    "Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS) is a series of international conferences aiming to provide a broad forum for the exploration and exchange of ideas in the field of Library and Information Science, Information Studies, and related disciplines."

  • Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2016), 27 - 30 June 2016, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

    "The aim of CICE is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy."

  • EdMedia 2016 - World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, 27 - 30 June 2016, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

    "This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications/distance education."

  • EDUCAUSE Learning Technology Leadership Institute, 27 June - 1 July 2016, Austin, Texas, USA.

    "This EDUCAUSE Institute program is for professionals whose campus role involves the support and promotion of teaching and learning. Participants develop leadership skills and abilities that will serve them both in current and future campus roles. The Learning Technology (LTL) institute is a leadership immersion experience, with participants engaged in active learning experiences throughout the day and as part of a team working on a culminating project."

  • 45th LIBER Annual Conference, 29 June - 1 July 2016, Helsinki, Finland.

    "LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries) is the main network for research libraries in Europe. The association, founded in 1971, includes more than 400 national, university and other libraries from over 40 countries. LIBER's Annual Conference is one of the most important gatherings for research library professionals. During the event, participants can build networks and share information and ideas with one another. The conference is held in a different location each year."

  • Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School 2016, 4 - 8 July 2016, Oxford, United Kingdom

    "The Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School offers training to anyone with an interest in the Digital Humanities, including academics at all career stages, students, project managers, and people who work in IT, libraries, and cultural heritage. Delegates follow one of our week-long workshops, supplementing their training with expert guest lectures."

  • 14th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies: CCCT 2016, 5 - 8 July 2016, Orlando, Florida, USA.

    "CCCT 2016 is an International Conference organized with the purpose of bringing together researchers, developers, practitioners, consultants, professionals, and users of Computer, Communications and Control Technologies. A basic aim the Organizing Committee is to foster disciplinary presentation and inter-disciplinary communication."

  • 9th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2016), 6 - 9 July 2016, Annecy, France.

    "The FOIS conference is designed to provide a meeting point for researchers from all disciplines with an interest in formal ontology. The conference encourages submission of high quality articles on both theoretical issues and concrete applications at the intersection of philosophical ontology, linguistics, logic, cognitive science, and computer science, as well as in the applications of ontological analysis to conceptual modeling, knowledge engineering, knowledge management, information-systems development, library and information science, scientific research, and semantic technologies in general."

  • ETD2016 - 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 11 - 13 July 2016, Lille, France.

    "The theme of the conference is "Data and Dissertations", with a focus on the handling of research data produced by PhD students. As the former events of the series, ETD2016 will again provide delegates the unique opportunity to learn from each other, discuss new projects and initiatives, share experiences and good practices from around the world, and provide perspectives for further research and development."

  • Digital Publishing Innovation Summit, 13 - 14 July 2016, New York, New York, USA.

    "The Digital Publishing Innovation Summit is the biggest and most exclusive gathering of business executives leading digital publishing initiatives."

  • IEEE Technically Sponsored SAI Computing Conference 2016, 13 - 15 July 2016, London, United Kingdom.

    "The goal of the conference is to be a premier venue for researchers and industry practitioners to share new ideas, research results and development experiences in the areas of Computer Science, Electronics and Communication."

  • 7th International Science and Technology Conference (ISTEC), 13 - 15 July 2016, Vienna, Austria.

    "The International Science and Technology Conference (ISTEC) aims to provide a multinational platform where the latest trends in science and technology can be presented and discussed in a friendly environment with the aim to learn from each other."

  • 24th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization: UMAP 2016, 13 - 17 July 2016, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    "UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. UMAP is the successor to the biennial User Modeling (UM) and Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-based Systems (AH) conferences that were merged in 2009."

  • XSEDE16, 17 - 21 July 2016, Miami, Florida, USA.

    "XSEDE16, the 5th annual conference, will showcase the discoveries, innovations, challenges and achievements of those who use and support XSEDE resources and services, as well as other digital resources and services throughout the world."

  • 5th International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability, 17 - 22 July 2016, Toronto, Canada.

    "[This conference] invites you to participate and contribute to the international forum for the dissemination and exchange of up-to-date scientific information on theoretical, generic and applied areas of HCI (Human Computer Interaction), through the following modes of communication: Plenary / Keynote Presentation, Parallel Sessions, Poster Sessions, Tutorials and Exhibition."

  • DigCCurr Professional Institute: Curation Practices for the Digital Object Lifecycle, 17 - 22 July 2016 and 14 - 15 March 2017 (one price for two sessions), Chapel Hill, North Caroline, USA.

    "This professional institute consists of one five-day session July 17-22, 2016 and a two-day follow-up session March 14-15, 2017. Each day of the summer session will include lectures, discussion, and hands-on 'lab' components. A course pack and a private, online discussion space will be provided to supplement learning and application of the material."

  • IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing, 18 - 21 July 2016, Toulouse, France.

    "The IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing is a premier forum for researchers, practitioners, developers and users who are interested in cloud computing and big data to explore new ideas, techniques and tools, as well as to exchange experience."

  • IEEE International Conference on Internet of People (IoP 2O16), 18 - 21 July 2016, Toulouse, France.

    "IoP topics include: Biometric Sensors and Biometric Identification Technology, Wearable Technology and Application, Brain Informatics Sensing and Processing, Body Area Network (BAN) technology and services, Social Computing and Collective Intelligence Network, Internet of Brain, Intelligence and Creation, Security and Privacy, Human Body signal collection, processing and communication theory, technology for Biomedical and healthcare application etc....The International Conference on Internet of People (IoP) is a premier forum for sharing theoretical, experimental and operational results in relative fields. "

  • 13th IEEE International Conference on Advanced and Trusted Computing, 18 - 21 July 2016, Toulouse, France.

    "New concepts of computing have recently emerged in order to enhance both real and virtual worlds towards smart worlds as well as cyber-physical-social-thinking integrated hyper worlds. Accordingly, computing systems are growing in capability and complexity. This includes aspects related to hardware, software, communications, networks, platforms, services, etc. Advanced computing (AC) aims at discovering, developing, and deploying computational and networking capabilities as well as designing and developing novel computing systems and architectures. At the same time, computing must be trustworthy to engender confidence that systems will remain secure and available. Trust/distrust relationships in the Internet, Web applications and pervasive infrastructures are key factors to enable dynamic interaction and cooperation of various users, systems, and services. Trusted Computing (TC) aims at making computing and communication systems and services available, predictable, accountable, controllable, assessable, sustainable, dependable, persistent and secure."

  • 16th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications, 18 - 21 July 2016, Toulouse, France.

    "The 16th IEEE International Conference on Scalable Computing and Communications (ScalCom 2016) provides a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to present state-of-art advances and innovations in theoretical foundations, systems, algorithms, infrastructure, tools, testbeds, and applications for scalable computing and communications, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future."

  • International Summer School on Web Science and Technology, 18 - 22 July 2016, Bilbao, Spain.

    "WebST 2016 is a research training event addressed to graduates and postgraduates in the first steps of their academic career. With a global scope, it aims at updating them about the most recent advances in the critical, multidisciplinary and fast developing area of web studies, which covers a large spectrum of current exciting research and industrial innovation from computing and technologies to social sciences and the humanities and has turned out to be the largest socio-technical infrastructure in human history."

  • 4th International Symposium Digital Humanities Knowledge Visualization, 21 - 24 July 2016, Barcelona, Spain.

    "The Humanities has enjoyed a renaissance in the last two decades. This has been largely facilitated by the acceptance of digital media as a tool for the critical analysis of scholarly works. This new field, the Digital Humanities, includes applied and theoretical use of digital media. Increasingly, large collections of knowledge are being investigated using digital tools. These tools assist in visualising the knowledge contained in ways that expose new meanings and interpretations of scholarly knowledge."

  • 11th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - ICSOFT 2016, 24 - 26 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "The purpose of ICSOFT – since 2013 designated as the International Joint conference on Software Technologies – is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners working in areas that are either related to new software paradigm trends or to mainstream software engineering and applications."

  • 11th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications - ICSOFT-EA 2016, 24 - 26 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "The purpose of the ICSOFT-EA 2016, the 11th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on information technology, with a practical focus on software engineering and applications. The conference tracks are 'Enterprise Software Technologies', 'Software Engineering and Systems Security', 'Distributed Systems', and 'Software Project Management'."

  • 11th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - ICSOFT-PT 2016, 24 - 26 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "The purpose of the ICSOFT-PT 2016, the 11th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on information technology and software development. This edition will focus in priority on the four main paradigms that have been intensively studied during the last decade for software and system design, namely: Models, Aspects, Services and Context."

  • International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing - PEC 2016, 25 - 27 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "Pervasive and embedded computing is a paradigm that aims at providing trustworthy computing techniques, technologies and services with high availability and ubiquously. This entails the need for an interdisciplinary field of R&D combining signal processing techniques with appropriate computer hardware and software technologies as well as devices, and utilizes and integrates pervasive, wireless, embedded, wearable and/or mobile systems. PECS will bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the theory and applications in these areas providing the opportunity to share current and ongoing investigations.as well as starting joint developments."

  • International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 25 - 28 July 2016, Austin, Texas, USA.

    "A new wave of technologies is disrupting innovation in the education sector now more than ever before. Phenomena and technologies such as learning analytics, cloud computing, maker spaces, 3-D printing, wearable technologies, cognitive profiling and augmented reality are just a few examples that have seen early adopters bringing new hope and optimism to the debate about the usefulness and relevance of new technologies and learning support. At the same time, new standards are also emerging with the intention of bringing these innovations to a level where they are widely accepted and sustainable."

  • 13th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications - ICETE 2016, 26 - 28 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "ICETE 2016 is a joint conference aimed at bringing together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in information and communication technologies, including data communication networking, e-business, optical communication systems, security and cryptography, signal processing and multimedia applications, and wireless networks and mobile systems."

  • 13th International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications - SIGMAP 2016, 26 - 28 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "The purpose of SIGMAP 2016, the International Conference on Signal Processing and Multimedia Applications, is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on information systems and applications in the context of Signal Processing, including theory and practice in the field of telecommunications, image, video, audio, biometrics, etc., and Multimedia Applications related to representation, storage, authentication and communication of multimedia information."

  • 13th International Conference on e-Business - ICE-B 2016, 26 - 28 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "The International Conference on e-Business, ICE-B 2016, aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners who are interested in e-Business technology and its current applications. The mentioned technology relates not only to more low-level technological issues, such as technology platforms and web services, but also to some higher-level issues, such as context awareness and enterprise models, and also the peculiarities of different possible applications of such technology."

  • 7th International Conference on Data Communication Networking - DCNET 2016, 26 - 28 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "The purpose of DCNET 2016 is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on communication networking between computer systems or other digital devices. Computer networking is a combination of knowledge related to the areas of telecommunications, computer science, information technology and/or computer engineering. Data communication networks rely heavily upon the theoretical and practical application of these scientific and engineering disciplines. DCNET encompasses a diversity of aspects, from network architecture and protocols, to network management, monitoring and control, performance analysis, sensor nets, services over networks, LANs and WANS, to higher education in the data communication field."

  • Global Conference on Applied Computing in Science and Engineering, 27 - 29 July 2016, Rome, Italy.

    "This event has the objective of creating an international forum for academics, researchers and scientists to discuss worldwide results and proposals regarding the soundest issues related to Applied Computing in Science and Engineering."

  • 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - ICINCO 2016, 29 - 31 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "The purpose of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the application of informatics to Control, Automation and Robotics. Four simultaneous tracks will be held, covering Intelligent Control Systems, Optimization, Robotics, Automation, Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modelling and Control, and Industrial Informatics."

  • 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - SIMULTECH 2016, 29 - 31 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal.

    "The purpose of the 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications (SIMULTECH) is to bring together researchers, engineers, applied mathematicians and practitioners interested in the advances and applications in the field of system simulation. Four simultaneous tracks will be held, covering on one side domain independent methodologies and technologies and on the other side practical work developed in specific application areas."

 

Deadline Reminders

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