8th Balkan Conference of Informatics 2017, BCI2017 Call for Papers
September 20 - 23, 2017, University "Sts Cyril and Methodius", Skopje
Welcome
After the great success of the previous BCI conferences, we are
pleased to announce the 8th Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI2017).
You are cordially invited to submit your papers.
Scope
The main objective of the BCI series of conferences is to provide a
forum for discussions and dissemination of research accomplishments in
Computer Science and Information Technology and to promote interaction
and collaboration among scientists from the Balkan countries and the
rest of the world, and to encourage involvement of young researchers
from the region.
The conference will consist of regular sessions with technical
contributions (regular papers) reviewed and selected by an international
program committee, as well as of invited talks presented by leading
scientists. Different workshops will be held in line with the main
conference. The official language of the conference will be English.
The conference will follow up the international conference ICT
Innovations and it will fully overlap with the European Conference on
Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery.
Topics of interest
Original papers dealing with both theory and/or practical aspects of
wide areas of ICT are solicited. The general areas of interest include
all topics listed in the 2012 Revision of the ACM Computing
Classification System:
• Hardware
• Computer systems organization
• Networks
• Software engineering
• Theory of computation
• Mathematics of computing
• Information systems
• Human-centered computing
• Computing methodologies
• Applied computing
• Social and professional topics
Papers reporting on developments, reviews, proposals, projects on
Information Technology in South-East Europe in the following areas are
also solicited:
• Governance (e.g. systems in place, policies etc)
• Education (curricula issues, secondary and higher education etc)
• Professional Issues (e.g. employment, Computer Societies, entrepreneurship etc)
• European ICT Priorities (e.g. enterprise, smart specialization, aging etc)
Research papers should be original contributions and should not be
accepted or submitted elsewhere until the decisions of the BCI 2017
Program Committee are announced. Submissions will be reviewed by at
least two independent reviewers, members of the Programme Committee.
Important Dates
Full paper submission April 1, 2017
Notification of acceptance May 15, 2017
Early (Author) Registration June 30, 2017
Camera-ready papers (ACM Proceedings) June 15, 2017
Camera-ready papers (online Proceedings) July 15, 2017
Late Registration September 1, 2017
Conference September 20-23, 2017
Publications
Original contributions are solicited for the following categories:
• Full research papers (max 8 pages) describing research accomplishments.
• Short research papers (max 4 pages), i.e. experience reports,
project overviews, etc. which do not fully adhere to the standards of a
first rate scientific publication, but are nevertheless of interest and
value for the participants of the conference.
Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers,
members of the Programme Committee. Only accepted full papers and some
high-quality short papers will be included in the main BCI 2017
Proceedings (published by ACM in the International Conference
Proceedings Series). Papers must be formatted according to the ACM ICPS
style templates (LaTeX2e format is preferred) and following ACM
proceedings instructions . Other accepted papers will be published in
local proceedings (with ISBN). A selection of outstanding papers from
the conference may be invited for publication in internationally
recognized journals (subject to additional reviewing). All
contributions should be in PDF format and should be submitted
electronically via the EasyChair. For their submissions, authors are
encouraged to consider the final paper format requirements, as specified
at the conference site. Research papers should be original
contributions and should not be accepted or submitted elsewhere until
the decisions of the BCI 2017 program committee are announced. At least
one author from every submission accepted to appear in proceedings is
obliged to register and attend the conference.
Registration and fees
Student (before 15 June) Regular (before 15 June) After 15 June
Basic fee 275 € 325 € 375 €
Extra page (max 2) 50 €/page 50 €/page 50 €/page
Extra paper 150 € 150 € 200 €
The conference registration fee covers:
• Conference kit
• Conference USB proceedings
• Admission to all scientific sessions
• Lunches
• Coffee breaks
• Conference dinner
• Social events
About the venue
Skopje is a city with a long and vivid history. The Stone Bridge in
the center of the city was built on the Roman foundations. The old
fortress was built during the rule of Emperor Justinian I. They have
been recently restored and attract the tourists. The famous Old Bazaar,
which impressed Evlya Çelebi is well preserved, and it is still very
beautiful and busy. Hundreds of old churches and mosques, particularly
Saint Panteleimon in Gorno Nerezi, Saint Nikita in Gornjane, as well as
Saint Savour Church and Mustafa Pasha’s mosque near the Skopje Fortress
are gorgeous. Since 2011, the 66 meter Millennium Cross on the top of
the Vodno Hill can be reached by a ropeway. The view towards the city is
simply astonishing. The cave Vrelo in the Matka Canyon is one of the
deepest underwater caves in the world. Social program will enable you to
visit many of these monuments.
