Scope
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Interdisciplinary thinking is a key success factor for any community.
"Technology Unites Cultures" is the motto of the 20th I4CS, to be held
from January 12 till 14, 2020 in Bhubaneswar/India, dedicated to
challenging aspects around modern community systems. Bhubaneswar is the
capital of the Indian state of Odisha. It is the largest city in Odisha
and a center of economic and cultural importance in Eastern India. The
KIIT (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) is an institute of
higher education located in Bhubaneswar. The university is indisputably
the educational number one in Bhubaneswar and will be an excellent
conference host.

Due to the rapid evolution of web technologies and rich mobile Internet
devices, ICT support for communities is possible on the next quality
level. In search of innovative solutions, multi-disciplinary
collaboration among researchers, service providers and industry
partners is essential to invent novel Internet Community Services. The
I4CS is a direct follower of the former I2CS (International Conference
on Innovative Internet Community Systems).

Conference Topics
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Technology: Distributed Architectures and Frameworks
- Data architectures and enablers for community services
- Innovation, rating, and social systems' management
- 5G technologies and ad-hoc mobile networks
- Search, information retrieval, and artificial intelligence
- Common data models and big data analytics

Applications: Communities on the Move
- Social networks, news, and open collaboration
- Block chain for business and social life
- Recommender solutions and context awareness
- Augmented reality, robotics, and location-based gaming
- Intelligent transportation, logistics, and connected cars

Socialization: Ambient Work and Living
- eHealth challenges and ambient assisted living
- Smart energy and home control
- Business models and municipal infrastructure
- Digitalization, IoT, and cyber physical systems
- Security, identity, and GDPR privacy protection

Submission
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I4CS solicits submissions of unpublished papers presenting research
results, industrial experiences and applications, as well as detailed
specifications of open problems.

Electronic submission is required. Full papers of no more than 20 pages
written in English should be submitted as PDF files using the EasyChair
conference management system. Submitted papers will be subject to a
single-blind review process by at least three members of the program
committee.

Publication
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As in the previous years, I4CS will publish their proceedings 2020 in
the series Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)
by Springer.

Important Dates
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- Paper submission: August 31, 2019
- Author notification: September 30, 2019
- Camera-ready copies: October 15, 2019
- Authors' registration: October 15, 2019
- Conference date: January 12 - 14, 2020

Web Reference
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- Conference URL: http://www.i4cs-conference.org/
- Submission URL: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i4cs2020