InterSol 2018 – Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas

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March 24 – 26, 2018
 | Kigali, Rwanda
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2017

Scope

InterSol 2018 is dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary researches that address people’s needs in underserved areas. It is intended (1) to encourage innovative interdisciplinary
research, development and education that focus on solving problems in underserved areas, and (2) to create an international research and development community around “interdisciplinary solutions”. 

We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers to InterSol 2018. They should be in English, following the SPRINGER formatting guidelines (see Initial Submission).

Publishing 

Proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: EI, ISI Thomson's Scientific and Technical Proceedings at Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI's own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

All accepted papers will be published by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library

Accepted authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their articles to Special Issue in EAI Endorsed Transactions on Energy Web and Information Technologies

Topics (non-exclusive)

Track 1 – Connectivity, Ubiquity & Mobility

 • Digital economy
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Connectivity: infrastructure (broadband, electricity) in rural areas
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Smart cities: urbanization & mobility
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Convergence between ICT & health
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Big data: enhanced the creation and usage of data for informed decisions in African

Track 2 – Climate, Energy, Food & Growth

 • Climate change & smart agriculture
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Bioscience
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Food security, hidden hunger & drought
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Low carbon circular economy

Track 3 – Precision Health

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Precision treatments
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Public Health
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Medical Imaging and Diagnostics
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Non-communicable diseases & emerging disease burdens in Africa
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Local and indigenous knowledge
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Data governance
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Investments in personalized medicine and other high tech medicine

Track 4 – Building Nation’s Scientific Capacity

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Innovation, leadership and mentorship
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Science, policy & advocacy
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Women in technology
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Funding of STEM
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Knowledge transfer, capacity building and early career scientists challenges in Africa

Important Dates:

Full Paper Submission deadline: November 30, 2017

Notification deadline: January 8, 2018

Camera-ready deadline: February 15, 2018

Start of conference: March 24, 2018

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2 Responses to “InterSol 2018 – Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas”

  1. Ijon says:

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