Call for Papers

Important Dates

February 20, 2024Paper submission (extended)
March 20, 2024Authors' notification
April 1, 2024Camera-ready copies
April 1, 2024Presenters' registration
June 12 - 14, 2024Conference

Community Services

Community services encompass a wide array of programs aimed at improving community well-being. They include social, healthcare, educational, recreational, elderly, and youth services, as well as community development, emergency response, environmental initiatives, and cultural programs.

To enhance community services, technology can be used for digital access, data analytics, online service delivery, smart infrastructure, community engagement, telehealth, e-government, emergency notifications, virtual learning, IoT for safety, data collection, digital inclusion, and more. These technologies improve efficiency, accessibility, and quality of service delivery.

Specific technologies, such as IoT, AI/ML, smart infrastructure, 5G/6G, mobile apps, blockchain, drones, AR/VR, biotech, robotics, data analytics, renewable energy, cybersecurity, remote sensing, voice assistants, and advanced computing, can be developed to innovate community services. The choice depends on community needs and collaboration among stakeholders is vital for successful implementation.


I4CS 2024 Poster

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Motto and Topics

"Crossing Digital Borders" is the motto of the I4CS this years. The conference adresses internet community systems, foundations, technology, applications as well as socializations. The topics include, but are not limited to original work in the following areas:

Technology

Distributed Architectures and Frameworks

  • Data architectures and enablers for community services
  • Cryptography and decentralized secure computation
  • 5G/6G technologies and ad-hoc mobile networks
  • Data models, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics
  • Distributed and hybrid quantum computing

Applications

Communities on the Move

  • Social networks, news, and mobile work
  • Open collaboration and eLearning didactics
  • Recommender solutions and context awareness
  • VR/AR, robotics, and location-based gaming
  • Intelligent transportation, logistics, and connected cars

Socialization

Ambient Work and Living

  • Remote work challenges and eHealth-assisted living
  • Chat bots and open AI models
  • Smart home, energy control, city, and infrastructure
  • Internet of things and sensor networks
  • Cybersecurity and privacy concerns

Submission and Publication

I4CS solicits submissions of unpublished papers presenting research results, industrial experiences and applications, as well as detailed specifications of open problems.

Electronic submission is required. Full papers of no more than 20 pages and written in English should be submitted as PDF files using the EasyChair conference management system (submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=i4cs2024). All submitted papers will be subject to a single-blind review process by at least three members of the program committee.

I4CS Proceedings have been published with Springer in Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series. We will continue our cooperation with Springer. For formatting instructions and templates please refer to https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines. In addition, the papers will be submitted to indexing libraries, e.g. DBLP and Scopus.