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Call for Special Session Proposals
8th International Conference on Sensing Technology
(ICST 2014)
2-4 September 2014, Liverpool, UK
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Call for Special Session Proposals is now open!

The aim of a special session is to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art
and current research directions in specific fields of sensing technologies and
their applications across scientific disciplines. Topics welcome include:
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Autonomous Sensors and Sensor Systems
• Smart Environmental Monitoring Systems
• Applications of Smartphones as Sensing Platforms
• Ubiquitous systems for HealthCare
• Biologically Inspired Vision Sensors for Machine Vision Applications
• Security and Privacy in WSN
• The Internet of Things and the Web of Sensors
• Devices and Circuits for Semiconductor Magnetic Field Sensors
• Sensor applications in Agriculture
Please contact the Special Session Chair if you would like to organize a
special session.

Special Session Program
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Special sessions consist of six papers as a target number, but a minimum of
four and a maximum of eight papers are also acceptable. A special session
paper can be a regular paper or an invited paper. Regular special session
papers are unsolicited papers submitted by an author. The special session
organizer may invite a distinguished researcher to submit an invited paper.
Normally, there can be one or at most two such invited papers per special
session, unless another agreement is made with the Special Session Chair.
Paper Submission Process
Authors submit papers for special sessions through the EDAS online
submission system, indicating clearly the desired special session. Authors
should follow the instructions for regular ICST papers (submitting a pdf file
generated from either MS Word or LaTeX, in size A4). The deadline for online
paper submission for special sessions is the same as the deadline for regular
papers.

Review Process
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Special session organizers will coordinate the peer-review process for their
session papers with the support of the Special Session Chair. Invited papers
are reviewed by the special session organizers. Accepted special session
papers will be published in the conference proceedings alongside regular
ICST papers and are subject to the same restrictions regarding format and
length.
The special sessions are intended to stimulate in-depth discussions in special
areas relevant to the conference theme. Authors contributing to special
sessions are required to register for the conference.

Special Session Proposal Format
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Prospective organisers of special sessions are encouraged to submit
proposals containing:
1. The special session title
2. The name(s) of the organiser(s), with complete affiliations, contact
addresses, emails and short biography (under 100 words each).
3. The aim and scope of the special session (under 300 words)

Deadline
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Special session proposals should be sent by 31st March 2014 to:
Adriana Wilde, University of Southampton, UK (agw106@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
ICST Special Session Chair