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SCDS2019
https://aaec.uitm.edu.my/scds2019/index.html
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The First and Second International Conference (SCDS2015, SCDS2016) were successfully held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Subsequently, SCDS2017 was successfully hosted by Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. Chulalongkorn University successfully hosted SCDS2018 from 15-16 August 2018.

The 5th International Conference on Soft Computing in Data Science 2019 (SCDS2019) will be hosted by Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan from 28-29 August 2019. The theme of the conference is ‘Science in Analytics: Harnessing Data and Simplifying Solutions’. SCDS2019 have invited renowned international and local keynote speakers who are academia or practitioners to share their knowledge and experience in the area in the applications of soft computing in various disciplines. This conference aims to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to share their research work and to create rigorous international research collaborations.

SCDS2019 targets participants from universities, government agencies and industries with the ultimate aim of bridging the gap between academia and the industry. Research collaborations between the academia and industry can lead to the advancement of useful analytics and computing applications for providing real time insights and solutions.

All accepted and registered papers of SCDS2019 will be published in the renowned series of "Communications in Computer and Information Science series" by Springer Verlag.

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SCOPE

SCDS2019 aims to attract researchers who are actively engaged both in theoretical and practical aspects of soft computing in data science. Authors are invited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles in the following areas, but are not limited to:

Computing Areas
Big Data Analytics
Big Data Technologies
Decision Tree Learning
Association Rule Learning
Artificial Neural Networks
Support Vector Machines
Reinforcement Learning
Clustering
Bayesian models and methods
Genetic algorithms
Data Representation and Visualization
Data Mining
Fuzzy Logic
Optimization Algorithms
Graph/Network/Social Mining
Image Processing
Computational Intelligence
Creative Computing
Cloud Computing

Applications include but are not limited to the following areas:
Robotics
Business Analytics
Bioinformatics
Information Analytics
Marketing Analytics
Operations Analytics
Text and Sentiment analysis
Healthcare Analytics
Customer Analytics
Financial Analytics
Talent Analytics
Social Media Analytics

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PAPER SUBMISSION

SCDS2019 accepts only high-quality papers for its conference proceedings, which are subject to a thorough & objective review process of at least 2 independent reviewers. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on one of the SCDS2019 topics of interest. All submissions will be handled electronically; detailed submission instructions will be provided on the conference homepage. The acceptance rate for SCDS2018 was 38%. Authors are invited to electronically submit original research contributions in English.

The length of submitted manuscripts should not exceed 15 pages.
Full papers: Minimum 10 pages and Maximum 15 pages.
Over-length charges will apply for each extra page beyond 10 pages.


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PUBLICATIONS (PROCEEDINGS)

All accepted and registered papers of SCDS2019 will be submitted to be indexed in the renowned series of "Communications in Computer and Information Science series" by Springer Verlag

The SCDS2015, SCDS2016, SCDS2017 and SCDS2018 proceedings were published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science series which is abstracted (indexed) by DBLP, EI, Scopus and were submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit extended paper to:
- Fast Track Submission to Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier. (IF=3.541)
- Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology (with additional publication charge of RM750). http://pertanika.upm.edu.my/JST.php
- Submission to Malaysian Journal of Computing (http://mjoc.uitm.edu.my)[ISSN: 2231-7474]
- Submission to Indonesian Journal of Computing and Cybernetics (https://journal.ugm.ac.id/ijcss)
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IMPORTANT DATES

Final paper submission deadline: 31st May 2019
Notification of paper acceptance deadline: 14th July 2019
Submission of 'Camera-Ready' paper and 'Copyright' form deadline: 21st July 2019
Registration deadline (Early birds): 21st July 2019
Registration deadline: 31st July 2019
Conference dates: 28- 29 August 2019


IMPORTANT NOTES FOR AUTHORS WHO NEED VISA:
Early Submission deadline for authors with special visa: 31st May 2019
Pre-Acceptance notification 15 June 2019


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GET IN TOUCH

SCDS2018 Conference Chair
https://aaec.uitm.edu.my/scds2019/
Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia
Telephone: +603-55435420/5329/5400
Fax: +603-55435501
E-mail: scds2019@fskm.uitm.edu.my
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