CITS 2017: The 2017 International Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems

The 2017 International Conference on Computer, Information, and Telecommunication Systems, CITS 2017, is an international forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research and development results in all areas of Computer, Information, and Telecommunication Systems, CITS.

The conference will feature tutorials, technical paper presentations, and distinguished keynote speeches. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

Selected extended versions of accepted papers will be considered for Special Issues of Scholarly International Journals (indexed by SCI/EI).

CITS 2017 is over! See you in CITS 2018!

CITS 2017 is sponsored by Dalian University of Technology, China

Technical co-sponsors

Important Dates

• Paper submission: May 4, 2017
• Author notification: May 19, 2017
• Camera-ready paper submission: Extended to June 10, 2017

You can download a one-page Call For Papers (CFP).

The General Chairs' Message and Conference Program (3.2 MiB) is now available

Papers should be written in English with a maximum paper length of 5 printed pages (10-point font, A4 size paper) including figures. For your submission you can use the standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats found at:

http://www.ieee.org/go/conferencepublishing/templates (Remember: A4 size)

The copyright transfer will be done by means of IEEE eCF. Please, follow instructions given in the detailed final paper preparation and submission instructions available for authors.

Papers must be submitted in Portable Document Format (PDF) format, using the following EDAS link:

http://edas.info/N23125

Important Notice:

Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarized material and have not been submitted to any other conference at the same time (multiple submission). To learn more about this matter; visit:

• IEEE Policy on Plagiarism
• IEEE Policy on Multiple Submission

CITS 2017 Conference Registration

These are the available registration options. Authors can only register on-line with two payment options: credit card and bank wire (through EDAS).

All attendees at CITS 2017 should make the registration. One author per paper (up to 5 pages) MUST be accompanied by one mandatory registration and the registration fee must be paid by June 16th, 2017. Each extra page will be charged at a rate of €100.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

• Author Refunds: Authors who have registered their accepted paper are not eligible for refund if decided to withdraw their paper
• 50% Refunds: Non-authors Refund requests received before June 21, 2017
• No Refunds: Non-authors Refund requests received after June 21, 2017 will not be eligible for a refund

¹ Until/from 12am (midnight) EST

² Registration fees covers: Entrance to all technical sessions, e-proceedings, coffee during breaks; two lunch tickets; and one banquet ticket.

³ IEEE and SCS members must keep updated their society memberships in EDAS.

How to register for CITS 2017

1. Go to the CITS 2017 Registration at EDAS (sign in or, if you do not have an EDAS account, sign up)
   • Members of IEEE and SCS must keep updated their society memberships in EDAS (check the "update your society memberships" link) in order to register with reduced charges
   • Please specify your dietary constraints or special needs in "My Profile"
2. Click 'Icon' of Payment by Credit Cards or Bank Wire
3. Payment by Credit Cards
   • Enter necessary card details as well as other details (e.g. VAT numbers, affiliation address) for your invoice; then click the button of 'PAY'
4. Payment by Bank Wire
• CITS 2017 only use the currency of EURO for registration and paper (overlength) fees so please only apply the branch of the EDAS German bank account shown if/when you pay by bank wire.
• While wire transfer, (1) exchange your currency to EURO first and (2) please pay the bank fees by the sender (you) (e.g. ‘wire transfer administrative fees’ etc.) to make sure the final amount of the registration fees received by the Beneficiary is [€590/€690]. Otherwise you have to transfer the difference again to make it up.
• Wire transfers must include the name of the conference (CITS 2017) and the invoice number (xxxxxx) in the Originating Beneficiary Information (OBI) e.g. “CITS 2017, Invoice #xxxxxx”. Get the Invoice number from EDAS after Registration (though not paid yet). All necessary details will be shown when you sign up to pay by wire transfer in EDAS.
• For wire transfer, after you upload your wire receipt to EDAS, it takes a few days for EDAS staff to update your payment status from 'unpaid' to 'paid'. If any problem occurs in EDAS, please click 'Request help' (on the bottom line of the page). The EDAS Help team is very supportive.

Any problem occurs in EDAS, please Click 'Request help' (on the bottom line of the page) and EDAS staff will reply your email in 2-3 days

• Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
• Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France
• Mohammad S. Obaidat, Fordham Univ., NY, USA (Chair)
• Jose L. Sevillano, Univ. of Seville, Spain
• George A. Tsihrintzis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece
• Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada

• Akan Ozgur, Koc Univ., Turkey
• Baziana Peristera, National Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece
• Ben-Othman Jalel, Univ. of Paris 13, France
• Bisio Igor, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
• Canberk Berk, Istanbul Technical Univ., Turkey
• Caviglione Luca, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
• Chen Yuebin, Yunnan Minzu Univ., P.R. China
• Davoli Franco, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
• De Cola Tomaso, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
• Ferrari Gianluigi, Univ. of Parma, Italy
• Garcia Manuel, Univ. of Oviedo, Spain
• Granelli Fabrizio, Univ. of Trento, Italy
• Guisado Jose Luis, Univ. de Sevilla, Spain
• Guo Song, Univ. of Aizu, Japan
• Haider Aun, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
• Kambourakis Georgios, Univ. of the Aegean, Greece
• Kameas Achilles, Hellenic Open Univ., Greece
• Karatza Helen, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Kitsos Paris, Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece, Greece
• Kotulski Zbigniew, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Poland
• Lai Xiaochen, Dalian Univ. of Technology, China
• Leon Carlos, Univ. of Seville, IEEE Senior Member, Spain
• Lloret Jaime, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
• Lorenz Pascal, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France
• Louta Malamati, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Greece
• Marchese Mario, Univ. of Genoa, Italy
• Macedo Raimundo, UFBA, Brazil
• Marco Alvaro, Univ. de Zaragoza, Spain
• Mi Zhenqiang, Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing, P.R. China
• Mokdad Lynda, Univ. de Paris 12, France
• Mouftah Hussein, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada
• Naït-Abdesselam Farid, Paris Descartes Univ., France
• Palaigeorgiou George, Univ. of Western Macedonia, Florina School of Education, Greece
• Papapetrou Evangelos, Univ. of Ioannina, Greece
• Peng Jun, UTRGV - Edinburg, TX, USA
• Psannis Kostas, Univ. of Macedonia, Greece
• Rodrigues Joel, National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), Brazil
• Skianis Harry, Univ. of the Aegean, Greece
• Voyiatzis Artemios, SBA Research, Austria
• Wang Gang, Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc., USA
• Wu Haifeng, Yunnan Minzu Univ., P.R. China
• Yang Laurence T., St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada
• Zarai Faouzi, Sfax Univ., Tunisia
• Zeadally Sherali, Univ. of Kentucky, USA

CITS 2017 will take place in the Software School, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian.
Address: No. 321, Tuqiang Street, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Dalian.
Chinese Address:大连经济技术开发区图强街321号大连理工大学软件学院

Help to promote CITS 2017

Help us make CITS 2017 a success!

More attendees means better discussions and a richer experience for everyone.

• Pass the word about CITS 2017 to your colleagues and friends and encourage them to participate or simply attend
• Announce CITS 2017 through your contacts, mailing lists, blogs, newsgroups and online forums

Linking to the conference website

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Thank you so much for your help!

• CITS 2012 (Amman, Jordan)
• CITS 2013 (Piraeus-Athens, Greece): http://atc.udg.edu/CITS2013/
• CITS 2014 (Jeju Island, South Korea): http://atc.udg.edu/CITS2014/
• CITS 2015 (Gijón, Spain): http://atc.udg.edu/CITS2015/
• CITS 2016 (Kunming, China): http://atc.udg.edu/CITS2016/