The 2017 International Conference on Computer, Information, and Telecommunication Systems, CITS 2017, is an international forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research and development results in all areas of Computer, Information, and Telecommunication Systems, CITS.

The conference will feature tutorials, technical paper presentations, and distinguished keynote speeches. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases.

Selected extended versions of accepted papers will be considered for Special Issues of Scholarly International Journals.

Important Dates (preliminary)

Paper submission: April 20, 2017

Author notification: May 15, 2017

Camera-ready paper submission: May 31, 2017

CFP:


The 2017 International Conference on Computer, Information, and Telecommunication Systems, CITS 2016, is an international forum for
scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research and development results in all areas of Computer, Information,
and Telecommunication Systems. The conference will feature tutorials, technical paper presentations, workshops and distinguished
keynote speeches


SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Track I: Computer Systems
• Cloud computing
• Computer architectures
• Computer hardware technology
• Computer‐aided designs and technology
• Display technology
• Digital circuits, systems and logic design
• Embedded systems
• Evolutionary algorithms and computing
• Fuzzy systems and fuzzy logic
• Green computing
• Grid computing and architectures
• Hardware and software co‐design
• High‐performance computing
• Input/output systems
• Low‐power computer technology
• Memory systems
• Mobile computing
• Modeling and simulation
• Object Oriented Languages
• Operating system and middleware for
mobile computing and networking
• Performance evaluation
• Pervasive computing
• Real‐time systems and simulations
• Reconfigurable computing
• System integration
• Systems on chip (SoC)
• Scientific computing algorithms
• Soft computing
• Software design, verification and validation
• Software performance and engineering
• Social networking and computing
• VLSI design

Track II: Information Technology
• Agents and multi‐agents systems
• Artificial intelligence and expert systems
• Adaptive learning automata
• Bioinformatics and biological computing and
engineering
• Database and data warehouses
• Data mining
• Future web
• e‐Government
• e‐Commerce
• e‐Health
• e‐Learning and adaptive learning
• Geographical information systems (GIS)
• Global positioning systems (GPS)
• Human‐computer interaction (HCI)
• Network systems, proxies and servers
• Neural networks
• Protocols and standards
• Signal and image processing
• System engineering
• Telematics
• Web‐Based Simulation Applications

Track III: Web Technologies
• Accessibility issues and Technology
• Data Fusion
• Digital Libraries
• Content transformation and adaptation in
proxy server
• Metadata and metamodeling
• Multimedia
• Ontology and semantic web
• Personalized web sites/Web site
classification and optimization
• Portal strategies
• Quality recommendation for software
service provisioning
• Service oriented architecture
• System integration
• User modeling
• Usability and ergonomics
• Web analytics
• Web services and engineering
• Web interfaces and applications
• Web searching, browsing and ranking
• Web information retrieval
• Web intelligence
• Web performance measurement,
modeling and caching
• XML and data management

Track IV: Networking Systems
• Bio‐inspired and nature‐inspired solutions
in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
• Broadband access technologies
• Cognitive radio
• Cross‐layer design for mobile and wireless
networks
• Dynamic spectrum management
• Disruption tolerant networks
• Energy‐efficient networks
• Future Internet
• Hybrid networks
• Medium access control protocols
• Network management
• Network services and protocols
• Optical networks
• Opportunistic networks
• Personal area networks
• Performance‐oriented design and
evaluation focused on networks and
mobile applications
• Quality of service provisioning
• Routing protocols
• Sensor networks
• Smart grids
• Testbed design and implementation
• Traffic Eng. & measurements
• Under water networks
• 60 GHz networking
• Wireless networks

Track V: Telecommunications
Systems
• Adaptive communications
• Channel estimation
• Cooperative communications
• Channel coding
• Interference management
• Modulation techniques
• MIMO systems
• Novel applications enabled by
telecommunication networking
systems
• OFDM communications
• Power line communication
• Satellite communication
• Spread‐spectrum communications
• UWB communications
• Wireless broadcasting
• Wireless communication

Track VI: Security Systems
• Authentication and access control
• Biometrics systems
• Computer and communication
security
• Cryptography and cryptanalysis
• Digital watermarking,
fingerprinting, and traitor tracing
schemes
• Detection analysis and prevention
of malware
• Denial of service issues
• Intrusion detection systems
• Information systems security
• Keystroke dynamic systems
• Multimedia security
• Network security
• Network systems forensics
• Operating systems security
• Program security
• Physical security
• Privacy enhancing technologies
• Public‐key infrastructure systems
• Quantum cryptography
• Security of E‐Systems and
applications
• Security modeling, tools &
simulation
• Security of personal area networks
• Security of Wi‐Fi and WiMAX
systems
• Security of web systems
• Secure PHY and MAC protocols
• User & location privacy
• Virtual Private Network systems
• Vulnerability and Virus analysis
• Vulnerability and attack modeling
• Web security and privacy
• Web‐based application security


GENERAL CHAIRS
Mohammad S. Obaidat
Fordham Univ., USA
mobaidat@fordham.edu
Zhikui Chen
Dalian Univ. of Technology,
China
zkchen@dlut.edu.cn

EXECUTIVE GENERAL CHAIR
 Kuei‐Fang (Leila) Hsiao
Ming‐Chuan Univ., Taiwan
kfhsiao@mail.mcu.edu.tw

VICE GENERAL CHAIR
Jing Gao
Dalian Univ. of Technology,China

SENIOR PROGRAM CHAIR
Petros Nikopolitidis
Aristotle Univ., Greece
petros@csd.auth.gr

PROGRAM CHAIRS
Imad Mahgoub
Florida Atlantic Univ., USA
mahgoubi@fau.edu
Zhenqiang (Kevin) Mi
Univ. of Science and
Technology Beijing, China
mizq@ustb.edu.cn
Geyong Min
Univ. of Exter, UK
G.Min@exeter.ac.uk
Zhaolong Ning
Dalian Univ. of Technology,
China
zhaolongning@dlut.edu.cn

PUBLICITY CHAIRS
Essia Hamouda
Univ. of California‐Riverside,
USA
essia@cs.ucr.edu
Lei Shu
Osaka Univ., Japan
lei.shu@lab.gdupt.edu.cn
Der‐Jiunn Deng
National Changhua Univ. of
Education, Taiwan
derjiunn.deng@gmail.com
PUBLICATION CHAIR
Daniel Cascado
Univ. of Seville, Spain
danic@atc.us.es

INTERNATIONAL LIAISONS
Sang‐Soo (Martin) Yeo
Mokwon Univ., Korea
sangsooyeo@gmail.com
Balqies Sadoun
Al‐Balqa Applied Univ., Jordan
Balqiessadoun@yahoo.com
Hong Ji
BUPT, China
jihong@bupt.edu.cn
Ching‐Hsien (Robert) Hsu
Chung Hua Univ., Taiwan
jihong@bupt.edu.cn
Helen Karatza
Aristotle Univ., Greece
karatza@csd.auth.gr
Haifeng Wu
Yunnan Minzu Univ., China
whf5469@gmail.com

REGISTRATION CHAIR
Kuei‐Fang (Leila) Hsiao
Ming Chuan Univ., Taiwan
kfhsiao@mail.mcu.edu.tw

FINANCE CHAIR
Kasim Al‐Aubidy
Philadelphia Univ., Jordan
alaubidy@gmail.com

WEBMASTER
Antonio Bueno
Univ. of Girona, Spain
antonio.bueno@udg.edu



Steering Committee
• Franco Davoli, Univ. of Genoa, Italy • Jose L. Sevillano, Univ. of Seville, Spain
• Pascal Lorenz, Univ. of Haute Alsace, France • George A. Tsihrintzis, Univ. of Piraeus, Greece
• Mohammad S Obaidat, Fordham Univ., NY, USA (Chair) • Laurence Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada
Extended versions of selected papers will be published in related special issues of Scholarly International Journals.
Important Dates (preliminary)
Paper submission: April 20, 2017 Invited session, workshop, tutorial proposals: April 20, 2017
Author notification: May 15, 2017 Camera‐ready paper submission: May 31, 2017