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Publication of the Special Issue on HistoInformatics at JDMDH
APC free and Free online access
https://jdmdh.episciences.org/section/view/id/105
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The special issue on Computational Approaches to History
(HistoInformatics) of the Journal of Data Mining and Digital Humanities
(JDMDH) has just been published online with free access at the following
url: https://jdmdh.episciences.org/section/view/id/105
Researchers interested in (1) the support for historical research and
analysis in general through the application of computer science theories
or technologies, (2) the analysis and re-use of historical texts, (3)
the visualization of historical data, and (4) the provision of access to
historical knowledge, will find interesting pointers within this special
issue. In particular, you will find the following papers:
[1] Plague Dot Text: Text mining and annotation of outbreak reports of
the Third Plague Pandemic (1894-1952)
Casey, Arlene ; Bennett, Mike ; Tobin, Richard ; Grover, Claire ;
Walker, Iona ; Engelmann, Lukas ; Alex, Beatrice.
[2] Combining visual and textual features for semantic segmentation of
historical newspapers
Barman, Raphaël ; Ehrmann, Maud ; Clematide, Simon ; Oliveira, Sofia
Ares ; Kaplan, Frédéric.
[3] Character segmentation in asian collector's seal imprints: An
attempt to retrieval based on ancient character typeface
Li, Kangying ; Batjargal, Biligsaikhan ; Maeda, Akira.
[4] Digital interfaces of historical newspapers: opportunities,
restrictions and recommendations
Pfanzelter, Eva ; Oberbichler, Sarah ; Marjanen, Jani ; Langlais,
Pierre-Carl ; Hechl, Stefan.
[5] Indigenous frameworks for data-intensive humanities: recalibrating
the past through knowledge engineering and generative modelling.
Shep, Sydney ; Frean, Marcus ; Owen, Rhys ; Pope, Rere-No-A-Rangi ;
Reihana, Pikihuia ; Chan, Valerie.
[6] How to read the 52.000 pages of the british journal of psychiatry? A
collaborative approach to source exploration
Andersen, Eva ; Biryukov, Maria ; Kalyakin, Roman ; Wieneke, Lars.
[7] The expansion of isms, 1820-1917: Data-driven analysis of political
language in digitized newspaper collections
Marjanen, Jani ; Kurunmäki, Jussi ; Pivovarova, Lidia ; Zosa, Elaine.
Good reading!
Gaël Dias, Adam Jatowt, Melvin Wevers and Mohammed Hasanuzzaman
Guest editors of the HistoInformatics special issue.
IEEE SIBI’21 and Clinical Day
February 17th, 2021 
Daniela Lopez de Luise see https://biomedicalimaging.org/2021/
Registration are now opened.
A half-day “Clinical Day” is organized on April 13th on
AI-based approaches to biomedical image analysis in cancer.
Registration is free but mandatory, see below
CFP – The First International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence
February 17th, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise The First International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence, ETCI 2021, 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 of 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 is supported by industry relevant tutorials conducted by NVidia, TechMahindra and others.
More information on the Conference may be found at http://ietcint.com/
Submission Deadline: Feb 28, 2021
Notification: May 15, 2021
Final version due: May 31, 2021
ICETCI 2021 invites submissions that are 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. The three main tracks of the Conference are:
Deep Learning
Sequence Modelling and
General Topics in Computational Intelligence
The List of Topics include but are not limited to:
Models:
Neural Networks
Evolutionary Optimization
Fuzzy Logic
Rough Sets
Bayesian Methods
Reinforcement Learning
Quantum Computing
Learning Paradigms
Memory Paradigms
Reasoning Models
Deep Learning
Model Explainability
Game Theory
Extreme Learning Machines
Intelligent Agents
Multi-Objective Optimization
APPLICATIONS
Natural Language Processing
Computational Genomics
Recommendation Systems
Music Information Retrieval
Generative Adversarial Models
Blockchain
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Industry 4.0
Cybersecurity
Social and Crowd Computing
Big Data Analytics
Robotic Process Automation
5G/6G Communications
Renewable Energy Systems
Structural Health Monitoring
Smart Cities
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Neuroscience
Healthcare
Graphical Models
Climate Science
Unsupervised Learning
Remote Sensing
SSE Devices Modelling
Finance & Economics
There will also be Special Sessions on specific topics that will be announced subsequently. 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-size pages in length, including figures, tables and references, prepared using the provided templates. At most two extra pages can be included at $50.0 each.
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 LaTeX at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
2nd CFP: ICACI 2021 with Numerous SCI Journal Special Issues Opportunities
February 17th, 2021 Daniela Lopez de Luise The 13th International Conference on Advanced Computing Intelligence (ICACI 2021) will be held in Chongqing-Wanzhou from May 14-16, 2021. The paper submission deadline has been extended to February 10, 2021. 【The conference will continue to accept submissions after February 10, 2021. The submission system will not be closed, and the review will be arranged】We warmly welcome all experts and scholars to contribute papers. We sincerely thank you for your strong support!
Conference website is: https://icaci2021.sanxiau.edu.cn/
Paper submission website is: https://easychair.org/account/signin?l=JUnQx1U8suTXI3Y2djiMiJ#
The excellent papers will be recommended to SCI journals for publication as follows:
SCI Journal Special Issue 1: Knowledge-Based Systems (IF 5.921). CFP： https://www.journals.elsevier.com/knowledge-based-systems/call-for-papers/robust-explainable-and-privacy-preserving-deep-learning
SCI Journal Special Issue 2: Neurocomputing (IF 4.438). CFP：https://www.journals.elsevier.com/neurocomputing/call-for-papers/distributed-machine-learning-optimization-and-applications
SCI Journal Special Issue 3: Sensors (IF 3.275). CFP: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/smartIoT2021
SCI Journal Special Issue 4: Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience (IF 2.284) – Special Issue #1, CFP：https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cin/si/907935/
– Special Issue #2, CFP：https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cin/si/575069/
Applied Sciences (IF *2.474*) Special Issue on “Deep Image Semantic Segmentation and Recognition”
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https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Image_Segmentation_Recognition
The deadline for submission is *end of May*.
Benefits of publishing with Applied Sciences:
1. Open access (unlimited and free access for readers).
2. Indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science) [search for “Applied Sciences-Basel”], Scopus, Inspec (IET) and other databases.
3. Fast publication combined with thorough peer review (median processing time for peer-reviewed and a first decision in this journal in 2020 is about *15.9* days).
4. As indicated on journal's website, the APC of CHF 2000 in 2021 applies to accepted papers. (You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code.)
For any questions regarding technical issues or the journal, please contact Mr. Steph Ke, the Assistant Editor of Applied Sciences at steph.ke@mdpi.com.
We am looking forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Aleš Jaklič,
Prof. Dr. Peter Peer,
Prof. Dr. Radim Burget,
Prof. Dr. Fran Bellas