The Second International Conference on New Visions for Information and Communication Technology (NVICT-2015)
Middle East University, Amman, Jordan, May 27-28, 2015

Call for Papers
NVICT-2015 provides a platform researchers and industrial professionals to present their research results and development activities in New Vision for Information and Communication Technology, and the related problems emanating from other communities by confronting disciplinary and transverse work, theoretical and practical. Since a few decades, the information and communication technology became crucial in the organizations. The investigations in information and communication aim at defining methods, architectures and techniques to conceive and carry out information and communication technology of quality. The objective is to produce systems which cope with the problems of flexibility, reliability and opening. NVICT-2015 will present the recent significant experiment and innovating industrial development, research tasks in the field as of information and communication technology. The conference is funded by several reputable institutions, such as: Scientific Research Support Fund-Jordan and others.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission deadline: December 31, 2014
Full paper submission deadline: February 1, 2015
Notification of paper acceptance: March 15, 2015
Camera-ready papers and registration: April 15, 2015
Conference dates: May 27-28, 2015.

TOPICS

The topics that will be covered in NVICT-2015 include, but not limited to:
• Advanced IT Bio/Medical Engineering
• Artificial Intelligence
• Assurance of Service
• Authentication, Cryptography and Information Security
• Coding for Wireless Systems
• Computer Crime Prevention and Detection
• Computer Forensics
• Computer Security and Network Security
• Computer Graphics and Game Theory
• Data Compression
• Distributed and Parallel Applications
• E-Government
• E-Learning
• E-Technology
• Embedded Systems and Software
• Fuzzy and Neural Network Systems
• Geographical Information Systems/ Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GIS/GNSS)
• Green Computing
• Health and Medical Informatics
• Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and Signal Processing
• Integrating Technology in Education
• Internet, Cloud and Cluster Computing
• Mobile and ubiquitous computing
• Modeling and Simulation
• Multimedia systems and services
• Trends in Communication and Networking Technologies

LOCATION

NVICT-2015 will be organized by Middle East University, Amman, Jordan. Amman is the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan. Amman is one of the oldest cities in the world which has continuously been inhabited. Amman is considered as a political, cultural and commercial center of the country. It is also a major tourist destination and the favorite among the Gulf tourists.
Jordan offers tourist attractions including visit historic sites, like the worldwide famous Petra (One of New Seven Wonders of the World), Jordan River, Mount Nebo, Madaba, numerous medieval mosques and churches, and unspoiled natural locations (as Wadi Rum and Jordan's northern mountainous region in general), as well as observing cultural and religious sites and traditions. Jordan also offers health tourism, which is focused in the Dead Sea area, education tourism, hiking, scuba diving in Aqaba's coral reefs, pop-culture tourism and shopping tourism in Jordan's cities.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Researchers should submit a full paper describing their work, maximum of 8 single-spaced double column pages that also include illustrations. The first page should include the paper title, a brief abstract, a set of keywords, and text. Be sure not to include the authors' names in your paper. The abstract should be concise and not longer than 250 words. Immediately following the abstract, no more than six keywords are to be supplied for subject indexing. Keywords should not simply be taken from the title of the paper, but should be representative of the content of the whole paper and characteristic of the terminology used within the particular field of study. The introduction of the paper must be clearly written and should explain the nature of the problem, previous work, purpose and the contribution of the paper. The introduction is assigned number “1”, and following sections are assigned numbers as needed. A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations, possible applications, and future work. The references section is not assigned a number. References should be numbered in alphabetical order by the first author’s last name. Citations in the text should be by number and enclosed in square brackets, e.g. [1].

Electronic submission of papers as Microsoft’s Word document or PDF via EasyChair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nvict2015 is a must. Any question regarding submission or the reviewing process should be directed to chair-icnvict@meu.edu.jo. A final preparation format is available in the conference web site. Before final acceptance, all referees comments must be considered and the paper must be formatted according to NVICT-2015 camera-ready instructions that are provided in the conference web site. Accepted papers for authors who complete registration will be published in the conference proceedings. Some of significant selected papers will be published in international indexed journals.

EVALUATION PROCESS

The evaluation of submitted papers is based on the importance and usefulness of the research topic. Technical merits, novelty of the approach, soundness of results, and clarity of presentation are also considered as factors of the evaluation process. Each article will be fully refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees.

CORRESPONDENCE

Direct all correspondence to:
1) Dr. Ahmad Kayed,
Postal address: Information Technology Faculty, Middle East University, Amman P.O.Box 383 Jordan
Phone: +962 6 4790222 Ext. 312
Fax: +962 6 4129613
E-mail: akayed@meu.edu.jo
2) Dr. Mohammed Abbas F. Al-Husainy,
Postal address: Information Technology Faculty, Middle East University, Amman P.O.Box 383 Jordan
Phone: +962 6 4790222 Ext. 312
Fax: +962 6 4129613
E-mail: MAl-Husainy@meu.edu.jo
Or contact:
NVICT-2015 Secretariat:
Rana Radwan Elayan / Areej Rawashdeh
Postal address: Information Technology Faculty, Middle East University, Amman P.O.Box 383 Jordan
Phone: +962 6 4790222 Ext. 521
Fax: +962 6 4129613
E-mail: chair-icnvict@meu.edu.jo

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Visit NVICT-2015 official website at: www.meu.edu.jo/nvict/new