October 20th, 2020 
Daniela Lopez de Luise
2021 First International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (ICETCI) – #51973, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India
Date of Conference: 2021August 25-27
(Last date of Paper Submission – 21 January 2021)
visit: http://ietcint.com
(Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Computational Intelligence Society)
Call for papers
The First International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence, ETCI2021, technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, will be held at Hyderabad on Aug 25-27, 2021. This aims to highlight the evolution of topics, frontline research and multiple applications, in the domain of Computational Intelligence from the mainstream foundations to novel investigations. The conference comprises one day of tutorial sessions followed by two days of Keynote Lectures by invited international experts from Industry and Academia, paper presentations and competitions. Also, the conference hosts several special sessions on emerging technologies and applications in computational intelligence. The Conference will be supported by the Industry relevant tutorials conducted by NVidia, TechMahindra and others. More information on the Conference may be found at www.ietcint.com
ETCI 2021 invites you to submit your original, previously unpublished innovative work in any area of Computational Intelligence, both emerging topics which form the theme of the conference as well as more foundational areas. There are three main tracks of the Conference (i) Deep Learning, (ii) Sequence Modeling, and (iii) General Topics in Computational Intelligence. Some of the approved Special Sessions include (i) Intelligent Agents, (ii) ANNs in Computer and Robot Vision, and (iii) Data Analytics for Earth Observation. The Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the list given at http://ietcint.com/user/tracks.
All submitted manuscripts will be subjected to three or more reviews. Accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for digital publication.
Paper Submission
Manuscripts for Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence 2021 should be submitted electronically at https://edas.info/N27827
Authors should submit manuscripts up to 6 A4-sized pages in length, including figures, tables and references, prepared using the provided templates. Two additional pages can be included at additional cost.
Paper Templates
The paper size should be A4 and must be prepared in two-column format. They should be formatted according to standard templates for IEEE Conference Proceedings, available for Microsoft Word and LaTeXat https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html.
Call for Special Sessions
Special session proposals are invited to the 2021 ICETCI http://ietcint.com/user/call_for_special_sessions.
A special session proposal should include the title, aim and scope (including a short description of the main topic) of the proposed session, and the names, e-mail addresses, affiliations and short bios of the organizers. A list of potential contributors will be helpful.
Special session proposals will be evaluated based on the relevance of the topic to the theme of the Conference, its uniqueness, and qualifications of the proposers. The proposers are expected to have a PhD degree and a good publication track record in the proposed area. Proposals of similar topics will be requested to integrate. Accepted special sessions will be listed on the website.
Proposals should be sent by e-mail to Special Session Chair: avik.bhattach@gmail.com. All proposals should be submitted by November 21st, 2020. Early submissions are encouraged.
Call for Competitions
Competitions are a key component of academic events, as they comprise effective means for making rapid progress in specific topics. By posing a challenge to the academic community, competition organizers contribute to pushing the state of the art in specific subjects and/or to solve problems of practical importance.
We invite proposals for the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (2021 IEEE ICETCI) competition track to be held in Mahindra University Hyderabad, India.
We solicit competition proposals on any topic of interest to the ICETCI community. We especially encourage competition proposals from emerging new fields or new application domains related to computational intelligence. Interdisciplinary topics that will attract a significant cross-section of the community are especially highly encouraged.
Proposals should follow the format of standard data science competitions, where participants will compete to obtain the best score on a machine learning task of interest to the ICETCI community based on a problem and data defined and released by the organizers of the competition.
The results of competitions will be announced during a dedicated session of the 2021 IEEE ICETCI conference, where competition results will be presented and discussed. Competition organizers will be asked to propose a tentative schedule for presentation of the competition and its results during an assigned time slot. Additionally, there will be a joint poster session where participants of all competitions can share and discuss their results. Publication opportunities are being explored for organizers and participants of competitions and will be announced after acceptance of competition.
Proposal Submission
We invite you to submit proposals to the Competitions chair: rww.haensch@gmail.com.
Please carefully follow the provided template (Latex, MS Word) when preparing proposals.
Review and Selection Process
A competition program committee will be formed, consisting of experts on both machine learning and challenge organization. Each proposal will be reviewed by at least three members of the committee. The factors that will be considered when evaluating proposals include:
Task chosen: Impact, originality, relevance to the ICETCI community will all be considered. Tasks that include humanitarian and/or positive societal impact are especially highly encouraged this year, although other topics relevant to the ETCI community will also be considered. If humanitarian projects are submitted, the involvement of the community in question is strongly desired, and “parachute science” is strongly discouraged.
Protocol of competition: Feasibility of the task chosen, soundness of the evaluation criteria, and clarity and fairness of the competition rules will all be considered.
Logistics: Schedule, plan for attracting competition participants, and experience and diversity of the organizers will all be considered.
IMPORTANT DATES (anywhere on earth)
Competition proposal submission deadline: December 30, 2020
Acceptance notification: January 11, 2020
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Competition organizers should propose a timeline for running the competition to ensure that participants have enough time to contribute high-quality entries. It is recommended that competitions be completed by the end of July 2021 at the absolute latest.
Competition organizers that require help or suggestions regarding competition platforms for running the competition can contact the competition chair for advice.
COMPETITION CHAIR
Ronny Hänsch, German Aerospace Center, Germany.
Contact: rww.haensch@gmail.com
Important Dates
Special Session Proposal Deadline: Nov 21, 2020
Tutorial Proposal Deadline: Dec 30, 2020
Competition proposal Deadline: Dec 30, 2020
Paper Submission Deadline: Jan 21, 2021
Paper Acceptance Notification: April 30, 2021
Submission of Final paper: May 31, 2021
Early Registration Deadline: May 31, 2021
Conference dates: Aug 25-27, 2021
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