日本データベース学会の皆様 （重ねてお受取り方はご容赦下さい） 九州大学の牛尼と申します．来年1月に開催される国際会議IMCOM 2021の論文募集を ご案内させていただきます． 第2ラウンドの投稿締切が10月20日となっております． 情報マネジメントとコミュニケーションに関して幅広いトピックを対象としております． 是非とも投稿をご検討いただけましたら幸いです．   どうぞよろしくお願いいたします．   ###############################################################                         CALL FOR PAPERS                       I M C O M  2021    The 15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication     January 4~6, 2021 Online Conference - Free Registration Fee http://www.imcom.org    ############################################################### The conference proceedings are Scopus and EI indexed and will be published on IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Selected papers presented at the conference will be published after further improvement and revision at Special Issues in IEEE Access, WCMC, Oxford The Computer Journal, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, along with 5 other SCI/SCIE journals.   # IMPORTANT DATES * Paper submission due: September 10, 2020 (extended) * Paper submission due: October 20, 2020 (2nd round submissions) * Paper acceptance notice: October 15, 2020 * Paper acceptance notice: November 15, 2020 (2nd round submissions) * Paper registration due: October 31, 2020 * Paper registration due: November 22, 2020 (2nd round submissions) * Camera-ready papers due: November 30, 2020   # GENERAL INFORMATION This conference explores emerging interests and novel ideas in the area of information management, communication technologies and their implication of social interaction. The aim of the 15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication is to provide a forum promoting new visionary approaches and interdisciplinary researches. The conference brings researchers together from academia and industry, encourages the exchanges of ideas and information, and provides a unique opportunity in which both technology and social science meet. # TOPICS OF INTEREST Information Processing Management * Information Management - Internet search - Portals / UCC management - Online communities - Databases / XML / Data mining - Information integration - Information personalization - Security * Intelligent Information Processing - Machine learning / Machine vision - Context-awareness - Autonomous computing - Natural language processing - Affective computing - Human-robot interaction / Cognitive robotics - Pattern recognition - Expert system / AI * Interaction Management - Interaction systems / Multimodal interaction - Virtual reality / Game - Augmented cognition - Multimedia visualization - Speech recognition, Graphics and imaging - Face recognition - Pervasive computing - Biometrics Communications * Networking/Telecommunications - Ubiquitous computing / Mobile computing / Mobile networks - Wireless BAN/PAN/LAN / Home networks - Wireless mesh networks - Sensor networks / Ad hoc network - Mobile multimedia QoS - Mobile security / RFID - Grid and cloud computing - Traffic engineering / Path computation - Agents and distributed computing - Middleware and peer-to-peer computing * Social Interaction - Social computing /Informatics / Social web - New communication media / Virtual communication design - Edutainment, Infotainment / E-learning - Mobile interaction - Cyberpsychology/Engineering psychology - Cognitive Modelling, Architecture, Design - User modeling - Human-computer interaction / Digital human - Usability / User Experience   # SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors must timely submit their manuscripts via EasyChair system. All papers must be uploaded in PDF and editable files (Word/Latex) following the IEEE proceedings format. Detailed submission guidelines can be found on IMCOM 2021 website (imcom.org). * Regular papers should be from 5 to 8 pages. * Short papers should be from 2 to 4 pages. The conference proceedings are Scopus and EI indexed. Selected papers presented at the conference will be published after further improvement and revision at Special Issues in IEEE Access, WCMC, Oxford, The Computer Journal, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, along with 5 other SCI/SCIE journals.   # GENERAL CO-CHAIRS * Sukhan Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea * Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK * Roslan Ismail, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   # CONTACT INFORMATION Conference Secretariat: Dr. Eyra Elias (Ms) Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: imcom.unikl@unikl.edu.my --- 牛尼 剛聡 / 九州大学大学院芸術工学研究院 http://www.design.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~ushiama/