CALL FOR PAPERS =============== The 2018 International Workshop on Assistive Engineering and Information Technology (AEIT 2018) October 8-12, 2018 Guangzhou, China http://www.smart-world.org/2018/aeit/ In Conjunction with: The 4th IEEE Smart World Congress (SmartWorld 2018) October 8-12, 2018 Guangzhou, China http://www.smart-world.org/2018/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keynote Speeches Section You are welcome to attend 15+ Keynote Speeches offerred by world-renowned professors and industry leaders, which will be shared by the IEEE Smart World Congress 2018 and its six Co-Located Conferences (UIC, ATC, ScalCom, CBDCom, IoP, SCI) and their associated Symposiums/Workshops. Detailed information will be available at the conference website later. Special Issues Section Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in 20+ SCI & EI indexed special issues* (to be confirmed). Special issues will be shared by IEEE Smart World Congress 2018 and its six Co-Located Conferences (UIC, ATC, ScalCom, CBDCom, IoP, SCI) and their associated Symposiums/Workshops: (1) IEEE Internet of Things Journal (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 7.596) http://ieee-iotj.org/ (2) Information Fusion - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.667) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-fusion/ (3) Information Sciences - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.832) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-sciences/ (4) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.997) http://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/ (5) Journal of Network and Computer Applications - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.500) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-network-and-computer-applications/ (6) IEEE Access (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.244) http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/ (7) Ad Hoc Networks - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.047) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks/ (8) Soft Computing - Springer (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.472) https://link.springer.com/journal/500 (9) Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing - Hindawi (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.899) https://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcmc/ (10) International Journal of Parallel Programming - Springer (SCI & EI Indexed, Impactor Factor: 1.156) https://link.springer.com/journal/10766 (11) Journal of Computer Science and Technology - Springer (SCI & EI Indexed, Impactor Factor: 0.956) http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/11390 (12) Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments - IOS (SCI & EI Indexed, Impactor Factor: 0.809) https://www.iospress.nl/journal/journal-of-ambient-intelligence-and-smart-environments/ (13) IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems - (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 0.411) http://www.ieice.org/eng/ (14) IEEE Cloud Computing - (EI Indexed) https://cloudcomputing.ieee.org/ (15) Journal of Information Security and Applications - Elsevier (ESCI & EI Indexed) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-information-security-and-applications/ (16) Future Internet - MDPI (ESCI & EI Indexed) http://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet (17) International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - INDERSCIENCE (ESCI & EI Indexed) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJCSE (18) International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES) - INDERSCIENCE (EI Indexed) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJES (19) International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking (IJHPCN) - INDERSCIENCE (EI Indexed) http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijhpcn * More special issues will be added later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 2018 International Workshop on Assistive Engineering and Information Technology will be held in October 8-12, 2018, in Guangzhou, China, conjunction with the IEEE Smart World Congress 2018 (http://www.smart-world.org/2018/). The motivation of this workshop is to introduce the recent progress of assistive engineering. It is expected that engineering is applied for welfare of person with disabilities and senior citizens in modernization society. The relative fields of the workshop include the applications of information technology, mechanical electronic, biological engineering, multimedia technology, communication technology, material science, image processing and brain science on assistive engineering, and so on. You are invited to submit papers focusing on problems and new challenges of the topics. All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another conference or journal. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: - Assistive information engineering - Multimedia and information accessibility - Assistive machine and equipment - Braille recognition and its applications - Nursing robot - Artificial limb - Sense engineering - Communication technology and telemonitoring system - Rehabilitation science and technology - Bio-informatics IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline: May 25, 2018 Author Notification Date: June 25, 2018 Camera-ready Deadline: Aug. 8, 2018 PAPER SUBMISSION A submission is limited to 6 pages for a workshop paper in the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Format with Portable Document Format (.pdf). A submission can have at most 2 additional pages with the pages overlength charge if accepted. Please submit at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smartworld2018. PAPER PUBLICATION Accepted conference papers will be published by IEEE CPS (IEEE-DL and EI indexed). At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference; otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers will be recommended to special issues. More details can be found via http://www.smart-world.org/2018/aeit/. Important Tip: When submitting a paper to this workshop, please make sure to choose the Track: Assistive Engineering and Information Technology (AEIT) in EasyChair of the main conference. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chairs - Zhen Liu, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Japan - Qiang Zhang, Dalian University of Technology, China Program Chairs - Jianwei Yin, Zhejiang University, China - Jien Kato, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Publicity Chairs - Lirong Wang, Soochow University, China - Xiangshi Ren, Kochi University of Technology, Japan - Daimin Chen, Changchun University, China Registration Chairs - Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China - Pin Liu, Central South University, China Web Chair - Dacheng Meng, Central South University, China Local Organizing Committee Chair - Jianer Chen, Guangzhou University, China Advisory Committee - Xiaopeng Wei, Dalian University of Technology, China - Hikaru Inooka, Tohoku University, Japan - Zhen Liu, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Japan - Fuji Ren, Tokushima University, Japan - Takakazu Ishimatsu, Nagasaki University, Japan Contact Please email inquiries concerning IEEE AEIT 2018 to Prof. Zhen Liu (liu_zhen@nias.ac.jp) and Conference Organizers: IEEEAEIT2018@googlegroups.com.