Call for Special Sessions and Events

We kindly invite you to propose a WICT Special Session (SS) and/or event. WICT 2012 is intended to be a forum for discussing the state-of-the-art innovations in ICT and address various issues on applying them in the real world.

Call for Special Sessions (SS)
Please collect at least five potential papers, and write paper titles, author information as well as SS organizers and submit to Special Session Chair . The SS & Event Chair check the scope of the SS proposals and approve them. When each approved SS has enough number of accepted papers, the SS is established and included in technical program. All papers of both regular sessions SSs will be submitted through the WICT 2012 paper management system, EasyChair, and reviewed with the same review process.

All accepted and registered papers will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE and fully indexed by IEEE Xplore.

Call for Events
Your idea of WICT 2012 events, such as competitions, panel discussions, demonstration booths, and any others, are welcome. Please describe how to realize, schedule for preparation, estimated cost and others in a proposal form in free format and submit to SS and Event Chair. They are reviewed taking into account  the necessary space, cost, time, attractive effects and others and approved.

Submissions: Please submit an SS proposal and/or Event proposal as an email attachment to SS and Event Chairs with the following details:


Important Dates
Special session proposals: June 22, 2012
Acceptance of special sessions: June 30, 2012

Paper submission due: August 01, 2012
Notification of paper acceptance: August 31, 2012
Final manuscript due: September 15, 2012
Registration and full payment due: September 15, 2012

Conference date: October 30-November 02, 2012

Special Sessions and Events Chairs

Ibrahim Omary, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia <<omary57@hotmail.com>
S.Ramakrishnan, Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering & Technology, India <ram_f77@yahoo.com>




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Approved Workshops and Special Sessions:
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Organized Special Sessions:
Special Session 1: Innovative Computing Technology, Bio-inspired Computing and Communications
Session Chairs
Mrutyunjaya Panda, Gandhi Institute for technological Advancement (GITA), India
Sarat Kumar Patra, National Institute of Technology, India
Manas Ranjan Patra, Berhampur University, India

Special Session 2: Design Issues in Wireless Sensor Networks
Session Chairs
Vivek S Deshpande, MIT College of Engineering, Pune
Ajith Abraham, MIR Lab, USA

Special Session 3: Managing Learning Disabilities :: Alternative IIT Therapies(MLD--AIT''12)
Session Chairs
Aboul Ella Hassanien, Egypt abo@egyptscience.net
Nashwa El-Bendary, Egypt 
nashwa.elbendary@ieee.org
Salwani Mohd Daud, Malaysia 
salwani@ic.utm.my

Special Session 4:
Exploring Software Radio using GnuRadio and USRP
Session Chair
Sumit Kumar, IIIT Hyderabad

Special Session 5: Advanced Communication Networks Technologies - Architecture, Applications and Services
Session Chairs
Sumithra Devi. K. A, R. V. College of Engineering, India
Andhe Dharani, R. V. College of Engineering, India

Special Session 6: Smart Systems and Software
Session Chairs
Hammad Khan, Pakistan Engineering council, Pakistan
Abdul Aziz, Shah Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia

Special Session 7: Knowledge engineering and its applications
Session Chair
C. Palanisamy, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, India

Special Session 8: ICTs for Development: a crosscutting priority for developing Nations
Session Chair
Suresh Shanmugasundaram, Botho College, Botswana
Session Co-Chair
R.Gunasundari the Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry is joining

Special Session 9: Biometric based Security for Information Technology
Session Chairs
Badrinath G. S, Samsung Electronics, India
Hunny Mehrotra, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India

Special Session 10: Sensor Web Technologies
Session Chairs
Kumudha Raimond, Karunya University, India

Special Session 11: Underwater Sensor Networks
Session Chairs
SABU M. THAMPI, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India

Special Session 12: GEO SCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING
Session Chairs
S.K. Katiyar, National Institute of Technology, India
Arun P.V., Scientist-C, Scientific Visualisation division, BARC

Special Session 13: Database technologies: Research Issues and solutions
Session Chair
R.Nedunchezhian, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College,Coimbatore,India

Special Session 14: Neural inspired systems for high dimensional data analytics
Session Chair
A. P. James, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), India

Special Session 15: Advances in Document Image Analysis (ADIA)
Session Chair
V.N. Manjunath Aradhya, DSCE, Bangalore

Special Session 16: Parallel Data Processing --- PDP 2012
Session Chair
Vaclav Snášel, Department of Computer Science, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava vaclav.snasel@vsb.cz
Pavel Krömer, Department of Computer Science, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava pavel.kromer@vsb.cz
Petr Gajdoš, Department of Computer Science, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava petr.gajdos@vsb.cz

Special Session 17: WICT Special Session on Image Processing and Imaging Technologies (WICT-IPIT 2012)
Organizing Chair
Avinash Jha, ASE , Telecom ISU , Tata Consultancy Services ,Chennai , India avinash_jha41@yahoo.com
Varsha Swaminathan, Head Youth Wing Development , CAI , Chennai , India Email varshaswaminathan@gmail.com