CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION

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1st International Symposium on Computing for Education
ISCE 2014
12th National Conference on Information Technology
Education
NCITE 2014
Crown Regency, Boracay, Philippines
October 23-25, 2014

http://www.psite.ph/ and http://iscencite.psite.ph/

The First International Symposium on Computing for Education (ISCE 2014) provides a venue for
researchers and Higher Education faculty and students to present innovative computing ideas and applications for effective delivery of instruction and technology-based education. The symposium topics include the following but not limited to:

Collaborative Learning
Courseware Development
Instruction support tools
Distance Learning
E-Learning
Knowledge-Based Systems
Learning and Content
Management System

Mobile or Web-Based Learning

Technology for Teaching and
Learning
Information Systems in Education
Social and Professional Issues in
Computing Education

The National Conference on Information Technology Education (NCITE 2014) is the 12th edition of
the national conference dedicated to the promotion of Information Technology Education which includes
Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems. In this national conference,
researchers, faculty, administrators and IT practitioners are enjoined to promote the exchange of ideas,
approaches, developments, and research results in the following conference topics:
Information Technology:
Mobile Applications
Networked Systems
Computer Graphics & Animation
Software Engineering
Virtualization
Multimedia Systems
Game Development

Computer Science and Special Topics:

Algorithms
Bioinformatics
Computer Graphics and Animation
Computer Security and Cryptography
Grid Computing
Machine Learning and Computer Vision
Modeling and Simulation
Natural Language Processing
Information Systems:
Pattern Recognition & Data Mining
Decision Support System
Pervasive Computing
Expert Systems
Robotics
IT Planning, Management & Governance
Cloud Computing
Management Information Systems
Enterprise-wide Systems

ISCE 2014 and NCITE 2014 are organized by the Philippine Society of I.T. Educators Foundation,
Inc. (PSITE).

Conference Chair:

Anthony Harvey B. Dalmacio (ahbdalmacio@gmail.com)

PSITE Inc. Vice President for Visayas.

Program Chair:

Allan A. Sioson, PhD (allan@adnu.edu.ph)

Ateneo de Naga University

PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished full research papers for presentation at ISCE 2014 and
NCITE 2014.
The Conference Review Policy requires that each submitted paper will be peer-reviewed and accepted
by at least two reviewers for inclusion in the conference program and CD-ROM proceedings. At least an
author of each accepted paper is required to register and attend the conference to present.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
The full papers are due by August 29, 2014. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by September
19, 2014 via e-mail. The final version of the paper is due on September 26, 2014. A maximum of fifteen
pages, including an abstract of up to 200 words will be allowed for each accepted paper in the
proceedings.
All manuscripts and slides must be submitted electronically, in PDF format and formatted using the ACM
templates available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html.
Please submit your paper (in PDF) to https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iscencite2014.
You have to create first an account at www.easychair.org in order to submit your papers.

IMPORTANT DATES
For authors, please note the following dates:
Paper Submission:
Authors Notification:
Author Confirmation:
Revised Paper Submission:

August 29, 2014

September 19, 2014
September 26, 2014
September 26, 2014

For all participants, please note the following dates:

Early Registration (to avail the discounted rate)
Conference Dates:

September 26, 2014

October 23-25, 2014

Authors will be responsible for their travel and living expenses. The conference CD-ROM will contain the
full paper and slides of all research papers presented and will be distributed to all conference participants.

ONLINE REGISTRATION
Please scan your validated deposit slip and register online (http://www.psite.ph/register) for confirmation
of your attendance. Please present your deposit slip to the convention secretariat during the onsite
registration for verification and issuance of official receipts.

CONFERENCE FEE
Types
Registration Fees
Foreign Participants USD 225 (Early Bird rate, must be
paid on or before September 26,
2014)
USD 250 (Regular and on-site rate)
Local Participants
(Live-in)*

P 7,000.00 (Early Bird rate, must be

paid on or before September 26,
2014)
P 7,500.00 (Regular and on-site
rate, subject to room availability)

Local Participants
(Live-out)

P 6,000.00 (Early Bird rate, must be

paid on or before September 26,
2014)
P 6,500.00 (Regular and on-site
rate)
* Live-In package is exclusive only for Local participants.

Inclusion
PM Snacks and Dinner on Oct 23
AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks
and Dinner on Oct 24
AM Snacks and Lunch on Oct 25
Kits, CD Conference Proceedings
2 Nights Hotel Accommodation
(Quadruple Sharing)
(Check-in: Oct 23, Checkout: Oct 25)
PM Snacks and Dinner on Oct 23
AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks
and Dinner on Oct 24
AM Snacks and Lunch on Oct 25
Kits, CD Conference Proceedings
PM Snacks and Dinner on Oct 23
AM Snacks, Lunch, PM Snacks
and Dinner on Oct 24
AM Snacks and Lunch on Oct 25
Kits, CD Conference Proceedings

DISCOUNTED FEE FOR PAPER PRESENTOR

The author who will present the accepted paper or accepted poster may avail of a discounted rate of PHP
7,000.00 or USD 225 even during the on-site registration. The author should present a printout of the
acceptance letter sent by ISCE2014 and NCITE2014 Secretariat. For papers with multiple authors and
multiple presenters, only one of the presenters can avail of the discount.
PAYMENTS
Early payments can be deposited to any BPI SAVINGS BANK. Accomplish the deposit slip in triplicate
credited to PSITE using the following details:
Account Name
Account Number
Bank/Branch
Swift Code

: PSITE
: 0871-0149-65
: BPI SAVINGS BANK, P. Burgos St., Batangas City
: BOPIPHMM

ACCOMMODATIONS
A list of hotels and inns located near the conference venue with the corresponding rates and contact
details will be provided in a separate document.
Except for local live-in participants, authors and other conference participants are responsible for their
accommodations.
Each room reserved by PSITE for local live-in participants will be shared by four individuals. We will not
guarantee that participants from the same institution will be in the same room.
However, we encourage participants to contact the local organizers if PSITE can do prior arrangements
regarding room assignments. Contact details regarding room assignments will follow.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Please direct questions to ahbdalmacio@gmail.com.