ICT-DM’2017 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.
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for detection, prevention, preparation, response and recovery of disasters.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.

SCOPE:
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following scope:
► Big data analytics in disaster management
► Cloud computing
► Communication infrastructures, technologies and services for crisis management
► Context-aware computing
► Coordination, collaboration and decision support technologies and systems for disaster management
► Crowd sourcing
► Cyber security
► Cyber-physical systems
► Data mining from multiple information and huge sources
► Data/information management and analysis for disaster management
► Disaster relief logistics
► E-governance
► Evacuation and rescue geo-planning
► Geo-Information technologies for disaster management
► Human-system interactive information extraction
► ICT-CDM technologies in developing countries
► Internet of things for disaster and emergency management
► Interoperability of heterogeneous systems
► M2M communications management and operations
► Mobile and wireless communication networks
► Modeling and simulation tools for crisis and disaster situations
► Ontology based approaches
► Open source data and space based resources to support disaster management
► Opportunistic communications
► Pervasive and mobile computing
► Prediction and early warning systems
► Querying and filtering on heterogeneous, multi-source streaming disaster data
► Remote sensing
► Risk, damage and loss assessment
► Security and privacy issues in information sharing
► Sensor networks
► Service Oriented Architectures
► Situation awareness
► Smart cities for disaster and emergency management
► Social media and networks
► UAVs for crisis and disaster management
► Uncertainty and possibly adversity in data handling and delivery
► Web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
► Other related topics in the domain of ICT-DM

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.


KEYNOTES
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The keynotes will be held by:
Prof. Mark Haselkorn
Director of the Center for Collaborative Systems for Security, Safety, and Regional Resilience (CoSSaR) at the University of Washington
Abdeslem Boukhtouta Ph.D.
Senior Defense Scientist at the Defence Research and Development Canada-CORA.


COMMITTEES
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► General Co-Chairs
Bernd Hellingrath, University of Muenster, Germany
Ivan Gojmerac, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
► Technical Program Committee Co-chairs
Adam Widera, University of Muenster, Germany
Oriol Sallents, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Ahcène Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algeria
► Proceedings Co-Chairs
Michael Middelhoff, University of Muenster, Germany
Saïd Yahiaoui, CERIST, Algeria
► Publicity Co-Chairs
Roelof van den Berg, University of Muenster, Germany
Amna Eleyan, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Kuo-Yu slayer Chuang, Geo Things, Taiwan
Nadir Bouchama, CERIST, Algeria
► Steering Committee
► Steering committee co-chairs
Nadia Nouali-Taboudjemat, CERIST, Algeria
Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes 1, France
► Steering committee members
Ahcène Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algeria
Aris M. Ouksel, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Ivan Gojmerac, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Nadjib Badache, CERIST, Algeria
Omar Nouali, CERIST, Algeria
Soufiène Djahel, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK


Technical Program Committee

Abdeslem Boukhtouta, DRDC, CORA Canada
Ahmed Nacer Mohamed, Computer Science Department, USTHB University, Algeria
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
Alex Delis, University of Athens, Greece
Alexander Preinerstorfer, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Amir Qayyum Mohammad Ali, Jinnah University, Pakistan
Andreas Prinz, University of Agder, Norway
Antonio De Nicola, ENEA, Italy
Bigomokero Antoine Bagula, University of Western Cape, South Africa
Bill Karakostas, VLTN GCV, Belgium
Christian Raffelsberger, Lakeside Labs, Austria
Christoph Ruggenthaler, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Danco Davcev, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia
Djamal Benslimane, LIRIS, France
Domenico Potena, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Erika Rosas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile
Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Fadila Bentayeb, ERIC, France
Fang-Zhou Jiang, Data61, CSIRo, University of New South Wales, Australia
Fouad Bendimerad, Stanford University, USA
Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin; Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany
Gerhard Backfried, Sail Labs Technology, Austria
Ghalem Belalem, University of Oran, Algeria
Hassan Badir, ENSAT Tangier, Marocco
Jingquan Xie, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany
John Noel Victorino, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Kamel Boukhalfa, USTHB, University Algeria
Keshav Dahal, University of the West of Scotland, Scotland
Kevin Curran, University of Ulster Northern, Ireland
Lyes Khoukhi, University of Technology of Troyes, France
Malika Mehdi, CERIST, France
Marcello Trovati, Derby University, United Kingdom
Marcos R. S. Borges, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marian Bubak, AGH Krakow PL and University of Amsterdam, Poland
Marlene De Leon, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
Michail Chatzidakis, University of Athens, Greece
Mohamed Cherif Djemai, University of Blida 01, Algeria
Mohammed Erradi, ENSIAS Rabat, Morocco
Mohand-Said Hacid, Universtiy of Lyon 1, France
Mouloud Atmani, Cerist, Algeria
Nicolas Hidalgo, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile
Nils Aschenbruck, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Olga Battaïa, Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, France
Pantelis Frangoudis, INRIA, France
Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France
Pascal Van Hentenryck, NICTA, USA
Patrick Luley Joanneum, Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria
Pethuru Raj Chelliah, Infrastructure Architect, India
Raphaël Couturier, University of Franche Comte, France
Rifaat Abdalla, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Roman Tandlich, Rhodes University, South Africa
Shigeki Yamada, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Shinsuke Hara, Osaka City University, Japan
Sivasothy Shanmugalingam, Astellia, France
Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, University of Athens, Greece
Stefan Sackmann, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Tuong Thuy Vu, University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus, Malaysia
Vimala Nunavath, University of Agder, Norway
Wolfgang Vorraber, TU Graz, Austria
Yamine Ait Ameur, IRIT/INPT-ENSEEIHT, France
Yao-Nan Lien, National Chengchi University, China
Yusheng Ji, National Institute of Informatics, Japan


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