iNIS 2015 is to provide a platform for both hardware and software
researchers to interact under one umbrella for further development of
efficient and secure information processing technologies. Efficient and
secure data sensing, storage and processing play pivotal roles in the
current information age. State-of-the-art nanoelectronic technology
based hardware systems cater to the needs of efficient sensing, storage,
and computing. At the same time, efficient algorithms and software used
for faster analysis and retrieval of desired information are becoming
increasingly important. Big data which are large, complex data sets, are
now an integral part of the Internet world. Storing and processing needs
of the enormous amount of structured and unstructured data are getting
increasingly challenging. At the same time, Internet of Things (IoT) and
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) have been evolving with the simultaneous
development of hardware and software. The performance and efficiency of
the present as well as the future generation of computing and
information processing systems are largely dependent upon advances in
both hardware and software.

iNIS 2015 is sponsored by IEEE-CS under TCVLSI and technically co-sponsored
by IEEE-CAS as well as IEEE-CEDA. iNIS has been initiated as a sponsored
meeting of Technical Committee on VLSI, IEEE-CS (http://www.tcvlsi.org/)
that endorses a league of successful meetings such as ASAP, ISVLSI, ARITH,
etc., which are now presented as "Sister Conferences" in the iNIS website.
iNIS brings together leading scientists and researchers from academia and industry.
Contributions are sought in (but are not limited to) the following areas:
(1) Nanoelectronic VLSI and Sensor Systems (NVS)
(2) Energy-Efficient, Reliable VLSI Systems (ERS)
(3) Hardware/Software Solutions for Big Data (SBD)
(4) Hardware/Software for Internet of Things (IOT)
(5) Hardware for Secure Information Processing (SIP)
(6) Cyber Physical Systems and Social Networks (CSN)
Detailed description of the tracks is provided in the iNIS website.

iNIS 2015 proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS conference
publication services (CPS). Authors are invited to submit full-length
(6 pages maximum), original, unpublished research papers with an abstract
(200 words maximum). To enable blind review, the author list should be
omitted from the main document. Papers violating length and blind-review
criteria would be excluded from the review process. Previously published
papers or papers currently under review for other conferences/journals
should not be submitted and will not be considered for publication.
Authors should submit their original work of maximum 6 pages using
double-column IEEE-CS conference format-template
(http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html).
A selected papers from iNIS 2015 program will be invited for submission
to a peer-reviewed journal special issue based on reviewer feedback and
quality of conference presentation.

Paper Submission Site:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=inis2015

Important dates of iNIS 2015 are the following:
Submission Deadline: July 20, 2015
Acceptance Notification: September 14, 2015
Submission of Final Version: October 12, 2015

Special Sessions and Panels: iNIS 2015 will consider proposals for
special sessions as well as panels. Special session and panel proposals
can be submitted to the special session chairs by email: xinli@cmu.edu
and siva.yellampalli@utltraining.com. The submission deadline is the
same as specified for the regular paper submissions.

Student Research Symposium: iNIS 2015 will host a student research
symposium. A single 2-page pdf file for student research symposium paper
can be submitted to the student symposium chairs by email:
asengupt@iiti.ac.in and bishnu.iisc@gmail.com.
The submission deadline is 21st August 2015.
All the accepted student research symposium papers will be
published in the conference souvenir. A selected top 10 of these
will be published in the iNIS 2015 proceedings.

General Chairs:
Saraju Mohanty, University of North Texas, USA
Dhruva Ghai, Oriental University, India

Program Chairs:
Ashok Srivastava, Louisiana State University, USA
Shiyan Hu, Michigan Technological University, USA
Prasun Ghosal, IIEST, Shibpur, India

Publication Chair:
Himanshu Thapliyal, University of Kentucky, USA

Web Chair:
Mike Borowczak, Erebus Labs & Consulting LLC, USA

Publicity Chairs:
Sudeep Pasricha, Colorado State University, USA
Aida Todri-Sanial, CNRS-LIRMM, France
Shanq-Jang Ruan, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology
Vaskar Raychoudhury, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Local Arrangement Chair:
Rishab Pareek, Oriental University, India

Special Session Chairs:
Xin Li, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Siva Yellampalli, UTL Technologies, India

Student Symposium Chairs:
Anirban Sengupta, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
Bishnu P. Das, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

Finance Chair:
Garima Ghai, Oriental University, India

Registration Chair:
Hare Ram Singh, Oriental University, India

Technical Program Committee:
The complete list is being made available in the website.
Following are the track chairs.

Nanoelectronic VLSI and Sensor Systems (NVS):
Jawar Singh, IIITDM, Jabalpur, India
Yiyu Shi, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

Energy-Efficient, Reliable VLSI Systems (ERS):
Manisha Pattanaik, ABV-IIITM, Gwalior, India
Saket Srivastava, University of Lincoln, UK

Hardware/Software Solutions for Big Data (SBD):
Theocharis Theocharides, University of Cyprus
Rajiv Ranjan, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)

Hardware/Software for Internet of Things (IOT):
Vaskar Raychoudhury, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
Gustavo Marfia, University of Bologna, Italy, Visiting Scholar, UCLA

Hardware for Secure Information Processing (SIP):
Kailash Chandra Ray, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
Kamalakanta Mahapatra, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India

Cyber Physical Systems and Social Networks (CSN):
Qi Zhu, University of California, Riverside, USA
Madhavi Ganapathiraju, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Steering Committee:
(1) Saraju Mohanty, University of North Texas, USA (Chair)
(2) Prasun Ghosal, IIEST, Shibpur, India (Vice Chair)
(3) Dhruva Ghai, Oriental University, India (Vice Chair)
(4) Aida Todri-Sanial, CNRS-LIRMM, France
(5) Ashok Srivastava, Louisiana State University, USA
(6) Helen Li, University of Pittsburg, USA
(7) Himanshu Thapliyal, University of Kentucky, USA
(8) Jia Di, University of Arkansas, USA
(9) Nabanita Das, Indian Statistical Institute, India
(10) Sudeep Pasricha, Colorado State University, USA
(11) Xin Li, Carnegie Mellon University, USA