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CALL FOR PAPER ============== ICT-DM'2014 : International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management Algiers, March 24-25, 2014 Website: http://www.ict-dm.org<http://www.ict-dm.org/> Contact: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IctDm2014 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ictdm Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ICTDM-2014-International-Conference-on-4970712?home=&gid=4970712 IMPORTANT DATES ================ Paper Submission: September 23, 2013 Demo Submission: December 23, 2013 Author Notification: December 01, 2013 Demo Notification: January 20, 2014 Camera Ready: December 16, 2013 Conference Dates: March 24‐25, 2014 SCOPE ====== Disasters are events that cause dramatic losses of life and property and disrupt the normal functioning of the economy and society on a large scale. Disaster management is multifaceted process to reduce the impact of disasters and provide assistance to affected populations. It involves information- and communication-intensive activities before, during and after disaster strikes. The revolutionary potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) lies in their ability to instantly and continuously facilitate rapid communication and flow of information, capital, ideas, people and products. Because of this potential, ICTs have shown usefulness for addressing various challenges including those related to disaster management. This makes everyone agree on their potential to revolutionize the disaster management area too. ICT-DM’2014 aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery, etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations. There will also be invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as special sessions dedicated to case studies, demonstrations and experiences based on pragmatic approaches. This way, the conference will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers, as well as practitioners involved in practice-focused research. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for detection, prevention, preparation, response and recovery of disasters. There will also be invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as special sessions dedicated to case studies, demonstrations and experiences based on pragmatic approaches. This way, the conference will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers, as well as practitioners involved in applied-focused research. SPECIAL ISSUES ============= Extended version of selected high-quality papers will be published in one of the following special issues: - International Journal of Information and Communication Technology (IJICT)<http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijict> - International Journal of Information Technology and Management (IJITM)<http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijitm> - Other Journals are under negociation (will be announced soon) TOPICS ====== The conference topics include (but are not limited): Communication systems for disaster management - Infrastructures, technologies and services for distributed crisis management teams and organizations - Mobile and wireless communication networks - Hastily formed networks (MANETs, Mesh, VANETs, Sensor, …) - Opportunistic communications - Multi-platform and multi-sensor data collection - Infrastructure protection and security - Interoperability of heterogeneous systems Coordination and collaboration technologies and systems for disaster management - Collaborative information systems architectures, frameworks, technologies - Collaborative decision-making under stress, time pressure and limited resources - Service Oriented Architectures for collaboration - Ontology approaches - Contextual and situation-based collaboration - Security and privacy concerns in information sharing - Cloud computing for disaster management - Pervasive and mobile computing - Social media and networks for participation and collaboration - Modeling and simulation of collaboration Data/information management and analysis for disaster management - Querying and filtering on heterogeneous, multi-source streaming disaster data - Human-system interactive information extraction - Uncertainty and possibly adversity in data handling and delivery - Context-awareness information analysis and extraction - Data mining from multiple information and huge sources - Mining and making decisions on time-evolving and uncertain data - Crowd sourcing - Trust and information credibility in social networks - Damage and loss assessment - Post disaster needs assessment Geo-Information technologies for disaster management - Geospatial information technology and geo-collaboration - Situation awareness - Web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Integration of data: building information models (BIM) and GIS - Standardization developments (models, icons, symbols) - Visualization and visual analytics - Evacuation and rescue geo-planning - Open source data and space based resources to support disaster management Preparation and mitigation for managing disasters - Prediction and early warning - Remote sensing - Risk assessment, modeling and simulation tools for crisis situations - Healthcare crisis information systems - Multimedia-based communication skills for citizens and civil servants - E-government and population education Practices for risk reduction and rapid response in developing countries - ICT in emergency planning and civil protection - Case studies, particular incidents and learned lessons - Benchmark and case studies in e-governance for disaster management - Case studies of the use of social media and networks - Innovative uses of technologies adapted to the readiness status of developing countries DEMOS ====== ICT-DM’2014 will include demonstration sessions that shall provide a forum to present and discuss: demonstrations of new products, applications and techniques, practical implementations; industrial and commercial developments, research testbeds and implementations meeting the topics of the conference. A 2-page extended abstract describing the main contributions of the demo and the merits of the proposed ideas must be submitted. COMMITTEES =========== Honorary Chair Nadjib Badache, CERIST, Algeria General Chairs Aris M. Ouksel, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Nadia Nouali-Taboudjemat, CERIST, Algeria Steering committee Nadjib Badache, CERIST, Algeria Ladjel Belatreche, ENSMA Poitiers, France Aris M. Ouksel, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Omar Nouali, CERIST, Algeria Nadia Nouali-Taboudjemat, CERIST, Algeria Local Organizing Committee Abderazek Seba Ahcène Bendjoudi Ali Benssam Hocine Saadi Imane Benkhelifa Malika Silhadi-Mehdi Nadir Bouchama Omar Nouali Rachid Belkada Said Yahiaoui Souad Benmeziane Tinhinane Bencherif Yacine Belhoul PROGRAM COMMITTEE =================== Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah,University of Technology of Compiegne (UTC), France Abdeslem Boukhtouta,Defence Scientist, Canada Abdessamed Réda Ghomari,LMCS, ESI, Algeria Ahcène Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algeria Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia Amar Bala,ESI, Algeria Antoine Bagula, Cape Town University, South Africa Aris M. Ouksel, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Azeddine Bilami, University of Batna, Algeria Beldjilali Bouziane, University of Oran, Algeria Chafika Benzaid, USTHB University, Algeria Chihab Hanachi, University of Toulouse I/IRIT, France Christopher Brewster, Aston University, UK Christos A. Papageorgiou, University of Patras, Greece Djamal Benslimane, University of Lyon 1, France Djamel Bouchaffra, CDTA, Algeria Djamel Djenouri, CERIST, Algeria Djamel Eddine Zegour, ESI, Algeria Djillali Benouar, USTHB, Algeria Domenico Potena, Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Driss Aboutajdine, CNRST, Morocco Duncan Shaw, Warwick University, UK Einar Bjørgo, UNOSAT, Switzerland Ernesto Damiani, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Fadila Bentayeb, University of Lyon 2, France Fatma Zohra Bessai-Mechmache, CERIST, Algeria Francesco Archetti, Universita di Milano-Bicocca, Italy Ghalem Belalem, University of Oran, Algeria Habiba Drias, USTHB, Algeria Hassina Aliane, CERIST, Algeria Heiko Paulheim, University of Mannheim, Germany Hichem Besbes, University of Carthage, Tunisia José Ramiro Martínez de Dios, University of Seville, Spain Juan (Jen) Li, North Dakota State University, USA Karim Meziane, CERIST, Algeria Kheddouci Hamamache, University of Lyon 1, France Mahfoud Benchaiba, USTHB, Algeria Mahmoud Boufaida, University of Constantine 2, Algeria Malek Boualem, Orange Labs, France Malika Boukala-Ioualalen, USTHB University, Algeria Malika Silhadi-Mehdi, CERIST, Algeria Marco Zennaro, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy Martina Comes, University of Agder, Norway Milica Stojmenovic, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Mohamed Ahmed Nacer, USTHB, Algeria Mohamed Bettaz, MESRS, Algeria Mohammed Erradi, Mohamed V-Souissi University, Morocco Mohand Boughanem, IRIT, France Mohand-Said Hacid, University of Lyon 1, France Mokrane Bouzeghoub, Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, France Murali Raman, Multimedia University Malaysia, Malaysia Murray Jennex, San Diego State University, USA Muthoni Masinde, Central University of Technology, South Africa Nadjib Badache, CERIST, Algeria Nadia Nouali-Taboudjemat,CERIST,Algeria Naim Kapucu, University of Central Florida, USA Nikos Karacapilidis, University of Patras, Greece Nomusa Dlodlo,CSIR, South Africa Nourdine Badji, Risques & Developpement, France N. Jaisankar, V.I.T. University, India Omar Al-Kadi, University of Jordan, Jordan Omar Boussaid, University of Lyon 2, France Omar Khemici, EQECAT, USA. Omar Nouali, CERIST, Algeria Oriol Sallent, UPC, Spain Raphael Couturier, University of Franche Comte, France Saïd Gharout, Orange Labs, France Samee Ullah Khan, North Dakota State University, USA Samira Moussaoui, USTHB, Algeria Sergio Toral Marin, University of Sevilla, Spain Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA Sidi Mohamed Benslimane, University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria Sidi Mohammed Senouci, University of Bourgogne, France Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Linköping University, Sweden Sisi Zlatanova, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Sofia Tsekeridou, Athens Information Technology, Greece Soufiene Djahel University College Dublin, Ireland Stefan Sackmann, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Yamine Ait Ameur, IIRIT-ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France Yao-Nan Lien, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Zaia Alimazighi, USTHB, Algeria Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE Zizette Boufaida, University of Constantine 2, Algeria ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. 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