-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] ICCSA 2021 - 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:43:10 +0100 From: Osvaldo Gervasi osvaldo.gervasi@unipg.it Organization: University of Perugia To: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.iccsa.org

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ICCSA 2021 will be organised as a virtual conference with online-only participation (which includes online attendance and presentation in sessions, and the publication of papers in Springer LNCS or IEEE CPS conference proceedings)

Optional in-presence participation may be organised, should the COVID-19 restrictions allow it. The Organising Committee will decide by April 30, 2021 if the in-presence conference will take place.

Registration fees: * Virtual conference online-only participation 150 Euro * Optional in-presence participation: regular 520 Euro, students 340 Euro, workshop chair 315 Euro

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The 2021 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications              University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy                                ICCSA 2021                              July 5-8, 2021                           https://iccsa.org

ICCSA 2021 is the next event in the series of highly successful International Conferences on Computational Science and Its Applications, previously held in Cagliari - Italy (2020, as an online-only event due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions), Saint Petersburg - Russia (2019), Melbourne - Australia (2018), Trieste - Italy (2017), Beijing - China (2016), Banff - Canada (2015), Guimaraes - Portugal (2014), Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam (2013), Salvador da Bahia - Brazil (2012), Santander - Spain (2011), Fukuoka - Japan (2010), Suwon - Korea (2009), Perugia - Italy (2008), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (2007), Glasgow - United Kingdom (2006), Singapore - Singapore(2005), Assisi - Italy (2004), Montreal - Canada (2003), and, as ICCS, in Amsterdam - The Netherlands (2002) and San Francisco - USA (2001).

The ICCSA 2021 conference will again we organized in Cagliari, Italy, and we are once more planning for robustness. Like last year, ICCSA 2021 offers the possibility of online-only participation (with reduces registration fees). But we are also planning to offer the possibility of in-presence participation, should the pandemic situation allow it, by setting up a blended experience for mixed online/in-presence sessions.

Computational Science is a main pillar of most of the present research, industrial and commercial activities and plays a unique role in exploiting ICT innovative technologies.

The ICCSA Conference offers a real opportunity to bring together scientists of different disciplines, discuss new issues, tackle complex problems and find advanced solutions breeding new trends in Computational Science.

Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Accepted papers will appear in the Conference proceedings to be published by Springer in Lecture Notes for Computer Science and, as post-Conference proceedings, Conference Publishing System (CPS). The authors of a selected number of top-quality papers will be requested to extend their papers for further review and publication as special issues in highly recognized international journals.

ICCSA 2021 accepts paper submission in the following categories: main Conference theme papers and Workshop papers. The details for each paper submission category can be found at the URL http://www.iccsa.org/nstructions-for-authors and the list of Workshops at the URL: http://www.iccsa.org/workshops.

Conference Themes ----------------- The ICCSA 2021 Conference themes, grouped in five tracks, are the following (but are not limited to):

1. Track: Computational Methods, Algorithms and Scientific Application Computational Biology Computational Combustion Computational Chemistry Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics Computational Geometry Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics Computational Electro-magnetics Numerical Methods and Algorithms

2. Track: High Performance Computing and Networks Parallel and Distributed Computing Cluster Computing Supercomputing Cloud Computing Autonomic Computing P2P Computing Mobile Computing Grid and Semantic Grid Computing Workflow Design and Practice Computer and Network Architecture

3. Track: Geometric Modelling, Graphics and Visualization Scientific Visualization Computer Graphics Geometric Modelling Pattern Recognition Image Processing CAD/CAM Web3D, Virtual and Augmented Reality

4. Track: Advanced and Emerging Applications Biochemistry Bioinformatics Astrophysics Biometric Modelling Environmental, Climate and Weather Modelling Geology and Geophysics Nuclear Physics Financial and Economical Modelling Computational Journalism Geographical Information Systems

5. Track: Information Systems and Technologies Information Retrieval Scientific Databases Security Engineering Risk Analysis Reliability Engineering Software Engineering Data Mining Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies Web Based Computing Web 2.0

6 Track: Urban and Regional Planning Urban and regional growth Sustainable urban and regional development Socio-ecological systems Open Data- Big Data Cultural Heritage Smart and Sustainable Cities Mobility and Intelligent Transport Systems Geographical Information Systems Decision Support Systems Complexity assessment and mapping Logistics

Workshops --------- For details visit https://iccsa.org/workshops

1)  Advanced Transport Tools and Methods (A2TM 2021) 2)  Adversarial Attack to Smart Infrastructures: detection, countermeasures, resilience (AA2SI 2021) 3)  Advances in Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies: Blended Learning, STEM, Computational Thinking and Coding (AAILT 2021) 4)  Workshop on Advancements in Applied Machine-learning and Data Analytics (AAMDA 2021) 5)  Automatic landform classification: spatial methods and applications (ALCSMA 2021) 6)  Application of Numerical Analysis to Imaging Science (ANAIS 2021) 7)  Advances in information Systems and Technologies for Emergency management, risk assessment and mitigation based on the Resilience concepts (ASTER 2021) 8)  Advances in Web Based Learning (AWBL 2021) 9)  Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers: Technologies and Applications (BDLTA 2021) 10)  Bio and Neuro inspired Computing and Applications  (BIONCA 2021) 11)  Computational and Applied Mathematics  (CAM 2021) 12)  Computational and Applied Statistics  (CAS 2021) 13)  Computerized Evaluation of Economic Activities: Urban Spaces (CEEA 2021) 14)  Computational geometry and Applications 2021  (CGA 2021) 15)  Collaborative Intelligence in Multimodal Applications  (CIMA 2021) 16)  Computational Movement Analysis  (CMA 2021) 17)  Computational Optimization and Applications  (COA 2021) 18)  Computational Astrochemistry  (CompAstro 2021) 19)  Computational Science and HPC 2021  (CSHPC 2021) 20)  Cities, Technologies and Planning  (CTP 2021) 21)  Advanced Modeling E-Mobility in Urban Spaces  (DEMOS 2021) 22)  Digital Trasformation and Smart City (DIGISMART 2021) 23)  Econometrics and Multidimensional Evaluation in Urban Environment (EMEUE 2021) 24)  The 11th International Workshop on  Future Computing System Technologies and Applications  (FiSTA 2021) 25)  Transformational Urban Mobility: Challenges and Opportunities During and Post COVID Era  (FURTHER 2021) 26)  Geographical Computing for Archaeology  (GCArcheo 2021) 27)  Geodesign in Decision Making: meta planning and collaborative design for sustainable and inclusive development  (GDM 2021) 28)  Geomatics in Agriculture and Forestry: new advances and perspectives  (GeoForAgr 2021) 29)  Geographical Analysis, Urban Modeling, Spatial Statistics (GEOG-AND-MOD 2021) 30)  Geomatics for Resource Monitoring and Management  (GRMM 2021) 31)  12th International Symposium on Software Quality  (ISSQ 2021) 32)  10th International Workshop on Collective, Massive and Evolutionary Systems  (IWCES 2021) 33)  Land Use monitoring for Sustainability  (LUMS 2021) 34)  Machine Learning for Space and Earth Observation Data (MALSEOD 2021) 35)  Building multi-dimensional models for assessing complex environmental systems  (MES 2021) 36)  Ecosystem Services: nature’s contribution to people in practice. Assessment frameworks, models, mapping, and implications (NC2P 2021) 37)  Privacy in the Cloud/Edge/IoT World  (PCEIoT 2021) 38)  Computational methods with radial basis functions  (RBF 2021) 39)  Processes, methods and tools towards RESilient cities and cultural heritage prone to SOD and ROD disasters  (RES 2021) 40)  Risk, resilience and sustainability in the efficient management of water resources: approaches, tools, methodologies and multidisciplinary integrated applications  (RRS 2021) 41)  Scientific Computing Infrastructure  (SCI 2021) 42)  Statistical Computing and informatics for Biodiversity (SCIBFC 2021) 43)  Smart Cities and User Data Management  (SCIDAM 2021) 44)  13th International Symposium on Software Engineering Processes and Applications  (SEPA 2021) 45)  Ports of the future – smartness and sustainability (SmartPorts 2021) 46)  Smart Tourism  (SmartTourism 2021) 47)  Sustainability Performance Assessment:  models, approaches and applications toward interdisciplinary and integrated solutions. (SPA 2021) 48)  Smart and Sustainable Island Communities  (SSIC 2021) 49)  Science, technologies and policies to innovate spatial planning (STP4P 2021) 50)  Sustainable Urban Energy Systems  (SURENSYS 2021) 51)  Space Syntax for Cities in Theory and Practice  (Syntax_City 2021) 52)  Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and its Applications (TCCMA 2021) 53)  13th International Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Software Development Process  (TTSDP 2021) 54)  Urban Form Studies  (UForm 2021) 55)  Urban Space Accessibility and Safety  (USAS 2021) 56)  Virtual Reality, Augmented reality and Applications  (VRA 2021) 57)  Workshop on Advanced and Computational Methods for Earth Science applications  (WACM4ES 2021)

Please pay attention, when submitting your contribution to one of the above listed Workshops, to select the right entry in the list box shown in the submission form. An author is enabled to change the workshop associated to a submitted paper until the submission deadline, by resubmitting the paper into the system.

Paper Submission ----------------

To submit a paper, please connect to the Submission site from the link available at the ICCSA 2021 web site: https://ess.iccsa.org. Only papers submitted through the electronic system and strictly adhering to the relevant format will be considered for reviewing and publication. The submission may fall into the following five categories: Main Conference Theme Papers (LNCS), Special Session/Workshop Papers (LNCS or CPS), Short Papers (LNCS), and PHD Showcase Papers (CPS).

MAIN CONFERENCE THEME PAPERS (LNCS) The submitted paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to the LNCS rules. Please consult the URL http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors for formatting information and templates.

WORKSHOPS PAPERS (LNCS or CPS) The submitted paper must be between 10 to 16 pages long for LNCS publication, or 7 to 11 pages for CPS publication (in such case as post-conference proceedings), and should be formatted according to the LNCS or CPS rules, respectively. Please consult the URL https://iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors for formatting information and templates.

SHORT PAPERS (LNCS) Reporting preliminary results of ongoing research. The submitted paper must be between 7 and 9 pages long formatted according to LNCS rules. The Short Papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by LNCS.

PHD SHOWCASE PAPERS (CPS) Reporting ongoing research already achieving significant results and primarily carried out by Ph.D. students and junior researchers. The submitted paper must be between 6 to 8 pages long formatted according to CPS rules. The PHD Showcase Papers will be presented during the conference and will be published by CPS as post-conference proceedings.

Each paper must deal with original and unpublished work, not submitted for publication elsewhere (copyright problems fall entirely under responsibility of the authors). Each paper will be reviewed by at least three experts in the relevant field (acceptance rate was 28% in 2005, 26% in 2006 and 28% in 2007, 29% in 2008, 30% in 2009, 29% in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 30% in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019) ensuring the publication of only top quality contributions.

When a paper is accepted at least one of the authors has to register to the conference and deliver the related talk. Failure to do so shall lead to rejection of the application to attend next year conference and the exclusion of the paper for the current year proceedings.

Important Dates ---------------

March 28, 2021: Deadline for paper submission to the General Tracks (Workshops may select a different deadline) April 18, 2021: Notification of Acceptance. May 10, 2021: Early-bird Registration ends (firm deadline). May 10, 2021: Submission deadline for the final version of the Papers (firm deadline). July 5-8, 2021: ICCSA 2021 Conference

Proceedings -----------

The proceedings of the Conference will be published both by Springer-Verlag (Lecture Notes in Computer Science series) and, as post-conference proceedings, by Conference Publishing Services (CPS).

In particular:

1. The selected top-quality Theme Papers and Session Papers having adopted LNCS, will appear in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (paper length: 10-16 pages).

2. The selected top-quality Session Papers having adopted CPS, will appear in the CPS post-conference Proceedings.

3. Short papers will appear in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science ( LNCS) series (paper length: 7-9 pages)

4. PHD Showcase Papers will be published in the CPS post-conference Proceedings.

For a selected number of top-quality papers, after the Conference, the authors will be requested to extend the paper in order to be published as special issues in appropriate international journals.

Conference policy -----------------

By submitting the paper to ICCSA conference, all authors agree to abide by all ICCSA conference paper submission, publication and presentation policies. Namely, authors confirm that the work is original, has not appeared in literature in any form in the past and will not be submitted to any other venue concurrently with ICCSA submission or until it appears in ICCSA proceedings (in the case of acceptance). Furthermore, upon paper acceptance, authors agree to transfer copyright on the accepted paper to ICCSA, and one of the authors will register the paper and present the paper at the event.

No paper withdrawals can be accepted after Conference pre-registration date or within three months of the actual event, whichever date comes first. Paper withdrawal request can be only accepted in writing through email, letter or fax to conference organizers.

The conference has no responsibility for any intentional or accidental misuse, misinterpretation, or failure to follow above rules and conditions and holds no legal, civil or other responsibility for opinions, content or utilization of any methods/algorithms expressed in the Conference Proceedings.

Contact Information -------------------

Ivan Blečić   Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari   Via Marengo, 2   06913 Cagliari   Italy   Email: ivanblecic <at>unica <dot> it

Osvaldo Gervasi    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia    Via Vanvitelli, 1    06123 Perugia    Italy    Phone: +39-075-5855048    Fax: +39-075-5855024    Email: osvaldo <dot> gervasi <at> unipg <dot> it    URL: http://ogervasi.unipg.it