Cosponsored by
IEEE IT Professional
www.computer.org/itpro

IT in Practice (ITiP) Symposium COMPSAC 2020, cosponsored by IT Professional, covers practice-entered research and design, development and operation of computing and IT applications in a range of areas. Aligned with conference theme “Driving Intelligent Transformation of the Digital World,” the symposium focuses on diverse elements necessary to successfully architect, design, engineer, configure and field IT applications as well as application-oriented research outcomes. It also covers new risks and concerns of IT and its applications.

The symposium serves the interests and needs of IT practitioners and researchers, application developers and IT managers from business, industry and government. It presents an interactive forum for sharing and gaining valuable insights and experiences and facilitates active engagement among IT professionals and researchers around the globe.

We solicit submissions on a range of topics related to the symposium theme, including but not limited to:

AI and machine learning -- applications, risks, concerns
Automation -- advances, applications, impact
Autonomous systems and vehicles
Augmented data analytics, location analytics
Blockchain and crypto currency
Cloud computing, fog computing, edge computing
Cognitive computing and its applications
Crowd sourcing and collaborative computing
Cyber-physical systems
Cyberrisks and cybersecurity
Data and social media mining
Data management and governance
Digital twins
Design, deployment and management of large scale systems
Emerging trends in IT
Enterprise IT/IS management
Ethics and privacy
FinTech
Geographical information system (GIS)
Green computing and sustainability
Human factors in IT
Industry 4.0
Information assurance and security
IT application architecture, data architecture
Internet of Things
IT audit and controls
IT in arts, music, entertainment and culture
IT in business, healthcare, finance and government
IT in education and training
IT services and service providers
IT standards and regulations
IT strategy, AI strategy, and data Strategy
Smart systems – smart cities, smart grid, smart buildings, smart logistics
Social computing
Social impact of IT
Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, extended reality

We also welcome case studies, experience reports, position papers and visionary perspectives. We solicit both regular and short papers. Furthermore, to facilitate presentation of their already published work to a wider audience in person and to gain feedback on their work, authors can submit their published work in an IEEE journal in the last three years or accepted but not yet published papers for presentation under the J1C2 (Journal First and Conference Second) scheme.

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished papers. Simultaneous submission to other publication venues is not permitted. In accordance with IEEE policy, submitted manuscripts will be checked for plagiarism; instances of alleged misconduct will be handled according to the IEEE Publication Services and Product Board Operations Manual.

For detailed instructions on submission see Information for Authors at https://ieeecompsac.computer.org/2020/.

Submissions Due: 20 January 2020

SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS

Symposium Co-Chairs
San Murugesan, BRITE Professional Services, Australia
Charalampos (Babis) Patrikakis, University of West Attica, Greece

PC Co-Chairs
G.R. Gangadharan, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India
Piyush Saxena, Direct Supply, USA

General Chair
Irena Bojanova, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA
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