Call for 2018 JIPS Survey Paper Awards
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The Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS) is the official international journal of the Korea Information Processing Society (KIPS). The JIPS aims to enable researchers and professionals all over the world to promote, share and discuss all major research issues and developments in the field of information processing systems and related fields.

The KIPS calls for the 2018 JIPS Survey Paper. The paper submission deadline is Dec. 31, 2018.
More information about the submission is in CFPs (http://www.jips-k.org).

Top 10 papers will be given special honorarium and the papers will be published in JIPS, 2018.


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Awards
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Ranking----Awards------Honorarium(Boucher)
1__________Champion____________$1,000
2__________Gold________________$700
3~5________Silver______________$500
6~10_______Outstanding papers__Free Publication


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Publications
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The number of papers for awards will depend on paper submissions.
All nominated papers will be published in JIPS – Q2/Q3 (pending), 2019 (Free of charge for publication).


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Schedule
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Submission due: Dec.31, 2018 (GMT +9 (Asia/Seoul))
Review Duration: two weeks (All submitted papers will be reviewed by five blind reviewers).
Notification for the best ten papers: Jan. 15, 2019
Awards: Online or Offline in Feb. 2019 (Pending)
Publication: JIPS 2019 Publication – Q2/Q3 (pending)


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Topic (topics of interest include, but are not limited to):
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IoT and Sensors
Cloud and big-data
5G and wireless technology
Future Internet and communications
Biomedical engineering and healthcare
Security and applied cryptography
Block-chain and Fin-tech
Multimedia and signal processing
OS, system architecture, embedded system/software
Industrial applications and engineering
Vehicular and Intelligent transport system
Smartphone and smart devices

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Submission
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Submission: JIPS paper format: 18 ~ 20 pages
Papers must be submitted to the ManuscriptLink service: https://www.manuscriptlink.com/journals/jips
It is important that you select “ JIPS Award" and“ 2018 JIPS Award" when you reach the “Basic Information”step of the submission process. Before submitting your paper, be sure to carefully read the JIPS submission guidelines.

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Contact
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2018 JIPS Survey Paper Awards – Secretary: Prof. Jun-Ho Huh (72networks@pukyong.ac.kr)
JIPS Secretary: - Ms. Jooyeon Lee (joo@kips.or.kr)