Dear colleagues,
I am forwarding you a Call for papers, I do hope it can be of interest to
you.
Please accept my deepest apologies if you receive multiple copies.
Yours sincerely
Ivanoe De Falco
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IEEE JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS
Impact Factor (2019): 5.223
Special Issue on Enabling Technologies for Next Generation Telehealthcare
------------------------------------------
Nowadays, all over the world, the number of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) investments in health and well-being is rapidly
increasing. In this context, there is a growing interest about
telehealthcare that allows the provisioning of various kinds of
health-related services and applications over the Internet. The main
benefits of telehealthcare are: it reduces the risk of infection because
patients can make use of remote healthcare services directly in their homes
without the need to physically move in clinical centers; it can optimize
healthcare workflows; it pushes down clinical costs; it improves the
quality of life of both patients and their families. Telehealthcare
solutions are typically aimed at tele-nursing, tele-rehabilitation,
tele-dialog, tele-monitoring, tele-analysis, tele-pharmacy, tele-trauma
care, tele-psychiatry, tele-radiology, tele-pathology, tele-dermatology,
tele-dentistry, tele-audiology, tele-ophthalmology, etc. In recent years
the rapid advent and evolution of emerging ICT solutions (such as Internet
of Things (IoT), Cloud/Edge/Fog computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI),
Blockchain, etc.) are revolutionizing the whole telehealthcare sector.
This special issue aims to attract contributions from both academic and
industrial organizations focusing on the application of such an emerging
ICT for addressing Telehealthcare issues.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Emerging architectures and technologies for telehealth;
• Computer aided clinical diagnosis and therapy;
• Networked applications for telehealth;
• Medical signal and data processing;
• Algorithms for decision support and therapy improvement;
• Artificial Intelligence applications for telehealth;
• Advanced security techniques for telehealth.
Guest Editors
Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy, acelesti(a)unime.it
Ivanoe De Falco, ICAR - CNR, Italy, ivanoe.defalco(a)icar.cnr.it
Leandro Pecchia, University of Warwick, UK, L.Pecchia(a)warwick.ac.uk
Giovanna Sannino, ICAR - CNR Italy, giovanna.sannino(a)icar.cnr.it
Key Dates
Deadline for Submission: 31 Dec, 2020
First Reviews Due: 31 Mar, 2021
Revised Manuscript Due: 31 May, 2021
Final Decision: 31 Jul, 2021
Information on how prepare your submission:
https://www.embs.org/jbhi/prepare-and-submit-your-manuscript/
For any other information:
https://www.embs.org/enabling-technologies-for-next-generation-telehealthca…
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MDPI COMPUTERS JOURNAL
Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence for Health
------------------------------------------
Health is one of the major research topics that have been attracting
cross-disciplinary research groups. The deployment of new emerging ICT
technologies for Health, especially based on Artificial Intelligence,
Computational Intelligence, and Internet of Things (IoT), is attracting the
interest of many researchers.
We are inviting to submit original research work covering novel theories,
innovative methods, and meaningful applications that can potentially lead
to significant advances in Artificial Intelligence for Health.
There are no page limitations for this journal.
In light of the current pandemic, severely affecting the whole world,
papers focusing on the application of the above ideas to any issue related
to COVID-19 are highly welcome.
The main topics include, but are not limited to:
• Knowledge Management of Health Data;
• Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Healthcare;
• Machine and Deep Learning approaches for Health Data;
• Explainable AI models for health, biology and medicine;
• Decision Support Systems for Healthcare and Wellbeing;
• AI for Precision Medicine;
• Optimization for Healthcare problems;
• Regression and Forecasting for medical and/or biomedical signals;
• Healthcare Information Systems;
• Wellness Information Systems;
• Medical Signal and Image Processing and Techniques;
• Medical Expert Systems;
• Diagnoses and Therapy Support Systems;
• Biomedical Applications;
• Applications of AI in Healthcare and Wellbeing Systems;
• Machine Learning-based Medical Systems;
• Medical Data and Knowledge Bases;
• Neural Networks in Medicine;
• Ambient Intelligence and Pervasive Computing in Medicine and Healthcare;
• AI in genomics;
• AI for Healthcare Social Networks
Guest Editors
Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy, acelesti(a)unime.it
Ivanoe De Falco, ICAR - CNR, Italy, ivanoe.defalco(a)icar.cnr.it
Antonino Galletta, University of Messina, Italy, angalletta(a)unime.it
Giovanna Sannino, ICAR - CNR Italy, giovanna.sannino(a)icar.cnr.it
Key Dates
Deadline for Submission: 31 January, 2021
For all information:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computers/special_issues/AI_Health
Dear Colleagues,
We deeply apologize if you received multiple copies of this CFP.
We hope you will be able to submit your work to this special issue:
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IEEE JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS
Impact Factor (2019): 5.223
Special Issue on Enabling Technologies for Next Generation Telehealthcare
------------------------------------------
Nowadays, all over the world, the number of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) investments in health and well-being is rapidly
increasing. In this context, there is a growing interest about
telehealthcare that allows the provisioning of various kinds of
health-related services and applications over the Internet. The main
benefits of telehealthcare are: it reduces the risk of infection because
patients can make use of remote healthcare services directly in their homes
without the need to physically move in clinical centers; it can optimize
healthcare workflows; it pushes down clinical costs; it improves the
quality of life of both patients and their families. Telehealthcare
solutions are typically aimed at tele-nursing, tele-rehabilitation,
tele-dialog, tele-monitoring, tele-analysis, tele-pharmacy, tele-trauma
care, tele-psychiatry, tele-radiology, tele-pathology, tele-dermatology,
tele-dentistry, tele-audiology, tele-ophthalmology, etc. In recent years
the rapid advent and evolution of emerging ICT solutions (such as Internet
of Things (IoT), Cloud/Edge/Fog computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI),
Blockchain, etc.) are revolutionizing the whole telehealthcare sector.
This special issue aims to attract contributions from both academic and
industrial organizations focusing on the application of such an emerging
ICT for addressing Telehealthcare issues.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Emerging architectures and technologies for telehealth;
• Computer aided clinical diagnosis and therapy;
• Networked applications for telehealth;
• Medical signal and data processing;
• Algorithms for decision support and therapy improvement;
• Artificial Intelligence applications for telehealth;
• Advanced security techniques for telehealth.
Guest Editors
Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy, acelesti(a)unime.it
Ivanoe De Falco, ICAR - CNR, Italy, ivanoe.defalco(a)icar.cnr.it
Leandro Pecchia, University of Warwick, UK, L.Pecchia(a)warwick.ac.uk
Giovanna Sannino, ICAR - CNR Italy, giovanna.sannino(a)icar.cnr.it
Key Dates
Deadline for Submission: 31 Dec, 2020
First Reviews Due: 31 Mar, 2021
Revised Manuscript Due: 31 May, 2021
Final Decision: 31 Jul, 2021
For all information:
https://www.embs.org/enabling-technologies-for-next-generation-telehealthca…
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MDPI COMPUTERS JOURNAL
Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence for Health
------------------------------------------
Health is one of the major research topics that have been attracting
cross-disciplinary research groups. The deployment of new emerging ICT
technologies for Health, especially based on Artificial Intelligence,
Computational Intelligence, and Internet of Things (IoT), is attracting the
interest of many researchers.
We are inviting to submit original research work covering novel theories,
innovative methods, and meaningful applications that can potentially lead
to significant advances in Artificial Intelligence for Health.
There are no page limitations for this journal.
In light of the current pandemic, severely affecting the whole world,
papers focusing on the application of the above ideas to any issue related
to COVID-19 are highly welcome.
The main topics include, but are not limited to:
• Knowledge Management of Health Data;
• Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Healthcare;
• Machine and Deep Learning approaches for Health Data;
• Explainable AI models for health, biology and medicine;
• Decision Support Systems for Healthcare and Wellbeing;
• AI for Precision Medicine;
• Optimization for Healthcare problems;
• Regression and Forecasting for medical and/or biomedical signals;
• Healthcare Information Systems;
• Wellness Information Systems;
• Medical Signal and Image Processing and Techniques;
• Medical Expert Systems;
• Diagnoses and Therapy Support Systems;
• Biomedical Applications;
• Applications of AI in Healthcare and Wellbeing Systems;
• Machine Learning-based Medical Systems;
• Medical Data and Knowledge Bases;
• Neural Networks in Medicine;
• Ambient Intelligence and Pervasive Computing in Medicine and Healthcare;
• AI in genomics;
• AI for Healthcare Social Networks
Guest Editors
Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy, acelesti(a)unime.it
Ivanoe De Falco, ICAR - CNR, Italy, ivanoe.defalco(a)icar.cnr.it
Antonino Galletta, University of Messina, Italy, angalletta(a)unime.it
Giovanna Sannino, ICAR - CNR Italy, giovanna.sannino(a)icar.cnr.it
Key Dates
Deadline for Submission: 31 January, 2021
For all information:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computers/special_issues/AI_Health
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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2020 International Computer Symposium (ICS 2020), December 17-19, 2020,
Tainan, Taiwan.
http://ics2020.ncku.edu.tw/
Introduction:
International Computer Symposium (ICS) is one of the most prestigious
international ICT symposiums held in Taiwan. Founded in 1973, it is
intended to provide a forum for researchers, educators, and professionals
to exchange their discoveries and practices, and to explore future trends
and applications in computer technologies. The biennial symposium offers a
great opportunity to share research experiences and to discuss potential
new trends in the ICT industry. ICS 2020 will provide workshops, panels and
keynotes to facilitate discourse on and deepen the understanding of the
challenges in computer and communication technologies. This year, ICS 2020
will be held at Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel and National Cheng
Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, on December 17-19, 2020.
The conference will include the following workshops:
1. Workshop on Algorithms and Computation Theory
2. Workshop on Artificial Intelligence on Education
3. Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Learning Theory
4. Workshop on AIoT Applications
5. Workshop on Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems, SoC, and VLSI/EDA
6. Workshop on Intelligent Network
7. Workshop on Cyber Security
8. Workshop on Big Data
9. Workshop on AR/VR and Human Computer Interaction
10. Workshop on Image Processing, Computer Graphics, and Multimedia
Technologies
11. Workshop on Web Intelligence and Social Network
12. Workshop on 5G/6G Communications, Protocols, and Applications
13. Workshop on Parallel, Distributed, and Cloud/Edge Computing
14. Workshop on Software Engineering and Programming Languages
15. Workshop on AI for Healthcare and Bioinformatics
16. Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing
17. Workshop on Autonomous Driving
Important Dates
Paper submission due date: September 16, 2020
Paper notification: October 15, 2020
Final paper due date: November 1, 2020
Conference date: December 17-19, 2020
SUBMISSION
Paper Submission Format
Paper must be submitted electronically using the IEEE Xplore compatible PDF
via the websites. All papers will be peer reviewed. Papers should be in
English, not exceeding 6 double-column pages for regular paper (not
exceeding 2 double-column pages for short paper), including figures,
tables, references, and appendices (10-point font).
Please use the standard IEEE conference proceedings templates for Microsoft
Word or LaTeX formats founded at
http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
.
Submissions should be made through the ICS 2020 submission page, handled by
the EasyChair conference management system:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ics20200
Guide to ICS 2020 Paper Submission System:
http://ics2020.ncku.edu.tw/files/ICS2020_Submission_Guideline(EasyChair)_mu…
Important IEEE Policy
The IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the
conference (including its removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not
presented at the workshop.
Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarized
material and have not been submitted to any other
conferences/workshops/symposia at the same time (double submission). These
matters are taken very seriously and the IEEE Tainan Section will take
action against any author who engages in either practice. Follow these
links to learn more:
IEEE Policy on Plagiarism:
https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/plagiarism.html
IEEE Policy on Double Submission:
https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/multi-sub-guidelines-intro.html
PLEASE NOTE:
To be published in the ICS 2020 Conference Proceedings and to be eligible
for publication in IEEE Xplore®, an author of an accepted paper is required
to register for the conference at the full (member or non-member) rate and
the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference
unless the TPC Chair grants permission for a substitute presenter arranged
in advance of the event and who is qualified both to present and answer
questions. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading
the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For an
author with multiple accepted papers, one full registration is valid for 1
paper.
All accepted papers will be included in ICS 2020 Conference Proceeding, but
only regular papers (full-rate registered and presented) will be submitted
to IEEE Xplore®.
All questions about submissions should be emailed to
ics2020(a)email.ncku.edu.tw
Call for PhD Consortium Proposals for the 26th International Conference on
Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2021)
The DASFAA PhD Consortium provides a platform for PhD students to present
their PhD proposals and to seek comments and suggestions from the PhD
Consortium Committee, which consists of leading scientists and experts in
the DSFAA related areas. The PhD students should be in the phase of
preparing or completing their PhD thesis proposals at their home
universities. All the submitted proposals will be reviewed by the
committee. The accepted proposals will be included in the conference
proceedings, and the corresponding authors will be invited to attend the
consortium and interact directly with the committee members at DASFAA 2021.
Submission guidelines
A four-page proposal of your PhD research plan and progress in the Springer
Lecture Notes format. Your proposal should follow the same outline,
details, and format of DASFAA papers. It should include:
- The title of your PhD proposal and the author name
- The problem definitions, motivations, and novelties
- The current development and related work
- Your proposed approach and methodology, and the significance
- The current results and future work of your research
The proposal should be prepared in PDF format. DASFAA 2021 uses the CMT
system for paper submission. Please submit your paper via the link here:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/DASFAA2021/
Review Process:
The submitted PhD proposals will be evaluated based on several factors:
- The novelty of the problems
- The clear understanding of the current development in the related areas
- The significance of the proposed methodology
- The significant of your contribution
All accepted proposals are required to be presented at the conference.
Important Dates
Submission due:
November 14, 2020 (PDT)
Acceptance notification:
December 28, 2020
Camera-Ready version due:
January 10, 2021
PhD consortium Co-Chairs:
- Prof. Kun-Ta Chuang (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
- Prof. Lydia Y. Chen (TU Delft, Netherlands)
Call for Industry Papers for the 26th International Conference on Database
Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2021)
The Industrial & Practitioner Track of the 26th International Conference on
Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2021) seeks for
submissions covering innovative industry database systems and applications,
innovative implementation of data management technologies, and experience
in applying new technologies in big data to real-world domains. The goal of
this track is to introduce and discuss emerging trends and challenges with
practical implications, and to facilitate interactions between academia and
industry in this area.
Contributions from both industry R&D groups and the academia are welcome.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to
Advanced Analytics of Database Systems
Applications for Big Data Management
Mining Industrial & Business Dat
Cloud Computing
Web Data Management
Artificial Intelligence for Data Management
Exploitation of New Hardware Trends
Security and privacy issues for database
Explainability, fairness and accountability
Authors should submit papers reporting original work that are currently not
under review or published elsewhere. We will accept full papers (up to 12
pages) and extended abstracts (up to 4 pages) in LNCS (Lecture Notes in
Computer Science) format. Industrial track submissions must be submitted
electronically, in pdf format, using the same Conference Management Tool as
the research track. Please mention "Industrial Track" next to the paper
title during submission in the CMT system. All accepted papers will be
published in the conference proceedings.
For any problems with the submission system, please contact the Industry
co-chair directly.
Important Dates
Paper submission deadline:
November 04, 2020 (PDT)
Acceptance notification:
December 28, 2020
Camera ready due:
January 08, 2021
Call for Workshops for the 26th International Conference on Database
Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2021)
DASFAA (Database Systems for Advanced Applications) is an annual
international database conference, typically located in the Asia Pacific
region, aiming at showcasing the state of the art and the broad range of
activities in database-related research and development. It provides a
forum for technical presentations and discussions among database
researchers, developers and users from academia, business and industry.
The 26th DASFAA conference will be held from 11-14 April 2021 in Taipei,
Taiwan. Featuring a population of around 7 millions (40th most populated
globally), the Greater Taipei Metropolitan Area is one of the major
transportation and economic hubs in East Asia.
We invite workshop proposals on topics related to database systems and
their applications. The duration of each workshop is either one full day or
a half day. All workshops will benefit from the registration process of
DASFAA 2021 (we will have a single registration for conferences, workshops
and tutorials).
Submission Guidelines for Workshop Proposals
Workshop proposals should be submitted by email to xu...(a)comp.hkbu.edu.hk
<https://groups.google.com/> and wcp...(a)cs.nctu.edu.tw
<https://groups.google.com/> as a PDF attachment. Please include "DASFAA
2021 Workshop Proposal" in the subject line. Each workshop proposal must
contain all pertinent information, including the following:
- Workshop title and acronym
- Short description about the workshop, including the list of topics
- Name and contact information of the organizer(s)
- Preferred duration of the workshop (half or full day)
- Potential PC members of the workshop
- Important dates (paper submission deadline, notification deadline,
etc.)
- Expected number of participants
- In case of previous instances of the workshop, the historical numbers
of participants
Important Dates
Proposal:
October 05, 2020 (PDT)
Notification:
October 12, 2020
Conference:
April 11-14, 2021
Publication
The papers accepted by DASFAA 2021 workshop will be published in a combined
volume of Lecture Notes in Computer Science series published by Springer,
and indexed by both LNCS and DBLP.
Workshop Chairs
- Wen-Chih Peng, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
- Jianliang Xu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
*Call for Papers for the 26th International Conference on Database Systems
for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2021)*
April 11 to 14, 2021, Taiwan
*Conference Scope*
The International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications
(DASFAA) is a leading international forum for discussing the latest
research on database systems and advanced applications. DASFAA, a
well-established international conference series that provides a forum for
technical presentations and discussions among database researchers,
developers, and users from academia, business, and industry, showcases
state-of-the-art R&D activities in the general areas of database systems
and their applications.
*Topics*
DASFAA 2021 welcomes high-quality, original, and previously unpublished
submissions in the database theory, technology, and practice. Topics of
interests for the conference include, but not limited to, the following:
- Database theory: Big data management, graph data management, data
management in social networks, data semantics and data integration, spatial
data management, sequence and temporal data processing, temporal and
spatial databases, large-scale knowledge management, RDF and knowledge
graphs, query processing and optimization, text databases, information
integration, multimedia databases, multimedia data processing, cloud data
management, data archive and digital library, data model and query
language, data streams and time-series data, data warehouse and OLAP,
embedded and mobile databases, databases for emerging hardware, parallel
and distributed databases, probabilistic and uncertain data, real-time data
management, Semantic Web and triple data management, Semantic Web and
knowledge management, sensor data management, statistical and scientific
databases, transaction management, XML, RDF and semi-structured data, and
Web data management.
- Technology and Practice: Machine learning for database, graph and social
network analysis, text and data mining, search and recommendation
technology, network embedding, security, privacy and trust, medical data
mining, distributed computing, data mining and knowledge discovery, data
semantics and integrity constraints, data quality and credibility,
recommendation systems, crowdsourcing, bio and health informatics, search
and information retrieval, information recommendation, database usability
and HCI, HCI for modern information systems, index and storage systems,
blockchain, parallel, distributed & P2P systems, Deep Web, Web information
systems, advanced database and Web applications, and information extraction
and summarization.
Paper Submission
Paper submission must be in English. All papers will be double-blind
reviewed by the Program Committee based on technical quality, relevance to
DASFAA, originality, significance, and clarity. All paper submissions will
be handled electronically. Any submitted paper violating the length, file
type, or formatting requirements will be rejected without review.
Each submitted paper should include an abstract up to 200 words and be no
longer than 16 pages (including references, appendices, etc.) in LNCS
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science) format. We encourage authors to cite
related work comprehensively. When citing conference papers, please also
consider citing their extended journal versions if applicable. All papers
must be submitted electronically through the paper submission system in PDF
only.
The submitted papers must not be previously published anywhere and must not
be under consideration by any other conference or journal during the DASFAA
review process. If the paper was accepted, at least one author will
complete the regular registration and attend the conference to present the
paper. For no-show authors, their papers will not be included in the
proceedings. Accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings.
*Double-Blind Review*
DASFAA 2021 will employ a double-blind reviewing process, i.e., the PC
members and referees who review the paper will not know the identity of the
authors. To ensure the anonymity of authorship, authors must prepare their
manuscript as follows:
- Author's names and affiliations must not appear on the title page or
elsewhere in the paper.
- Funding sources must not be acknowledged on the title page or elsewhere
in the paper.
- Research group members, or other colleagues or collaborators, must not be
acknowledged anywhere in the paper.
- Source file naming must also be done with care, to avoid identifying the
author's names in the paper's associated metadata. For example, if your
name is Jane Smith and you submit a PDF file generated from a .dvi file
called Jane-Smith.dvi, your authorship could be inferred by looking into
the PDF file. Submissions must have all details identifying the author(s)
removed from the original manuscript (including the supplementary files, if
any), and the author(s) should refer to their prior work in the third
person and include all relevant citations.
It is the responsibility of authors to do their very best to preserve
anonymity. Papers that do not follow the guidelines here, or otherwise
potentially reveal the identity of the authors, are subject to immediate
rejection. Because of the double-blind review policy, the submission of an
extended version of a short paper that has published elsewhere is strongly
discouraged in DASFAA 2021. Because of the double-blind review process,
non-anonymous papers that have been issued as technical reports (e.g.,
arXiv or similar) cannot be considered for DASFAA 2021.
*Formatting Template*
Please use one of the following templates for the LNCS (Lecture Notes in
Computer Science) format:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…
Submission Website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/DASFAA2021
Conference Website: http://dm.iis.sinica.edu.tw/DASFAA2021/index.html
*Important Dates*
Research Papers
Abstract submission deadline: October 28, 2020 (PDT)
Paper submission deadline: November 04, 2020 (PDT)
Acceptance notification: December 28, 2020
Camera-ready due: January 08, 2021
Industry Papers
Paper submission deadline: November 04, 2020 (PDT)
Acceptance notification: December 28, 2020
Camera-ready due: January 08, 2021
Demo Papers
Paper submission deadline: November 23, 2020 (PDT)
Acceptance notification: December 28, 2020
Camera-ready due: January 08, 2021
Workshop Proposals
Proposal submission deadline: October 05, 2020 (PDT)
Acceptance notification: October 12, 2020
Tutorial Proposals
Proposal submission deadline: November 23, 2020 (PDT)
Acceptance notification: December 28, 2020
Ph.D. Consortium Papers
Paper submission deadline: November 14, 2020 (PDT)
Acceptance notification: December 28, 2020
Camera-ready due: January 10, 2021
*Contact Information*
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at
dasfaa2021(a)gmail.com
Honorary Chairs
Philip S. Yu (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Ming-Syan Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Masaru Kitsuregawa (University of Tokyo, Japan)
General Chairs
Christian S Jensen (Aalborg University, Denmark)
Ee-Peng Lim (Singapore Management University, Singapore)
De-Nian Yang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Program Committee Chairs
Wang-Chien Lee (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Vincent S. Tseng (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)