The1stFacultyofTechnologyPGRConference

HughAstonBuilding,DeMontfortUniversity,Leicester
2324May2016
CallforPapers
WewouldliketotakethisopportunitytoinviteallPostgraduateResearchStudentsoftheFacultyofT echnology(FoT)atDeMontfortUniversitytotakepartintheforthcoming
conferencethatwilltakeplaceinMay.Participationintheconferencewillprovideaplatformforbothnewandexperiencedresearchstudentstoshowcaseandenlightened

othersinthefacultyoftheresearchtheyaredoing.ThecallofpapersinvitesallPGRstudentstosubmittheirworkintheformatofaconferencepaper ,aposterorademo
basedontheircurrentresearchintheFacultyofT echnology.Thisisanexcellentopportunitytoshareyourexcitingresearch,togainhelpfulfeedbacktoenhanceyourresearch
further,andtonetworkwithotherswithinthefaculty .Everyoneisalsoinvitedtoparticipateinorganizingandrunningtheconference,forexamplehelpingwithpaperreview ,which
willbeanopportunitytogainexperiencesofthebackof ficeworkdoneinrunningconferencesandpaperacceptanceprocess.
Theconferencewillalsohaveabuf fetstyleconferencedinnercelebratingtheinternationaldiversityofPGRstudentsinFoTandprovidesagreatsocialisingandnetworking
opportunityanddiscussresearchbeingcarriedoutwithintheFaculty .It'sagreatchancetomeetotherPhDstudentsandtofosteragenuineresearchenvironment.T oexpress
yourinterestandparticipateinthisevent,sendanemailtoRuijieW ang(p1523357x@myemail.dmu.ac.uk)orJamesFenwick(p1523357x@myemail.dmu.ac.uk).
DuetothediversenatureoftheresearchcarriedoutinFoT ,hereisanoutlineofsomegeneraltopicsofinterestincluding,butarenotlimitedto:
Softwareengineeringandmethodologies
Distributedsystemsandcloudcomputing
PervasivesystemsandInternetofThings(IoT)
CyberSecurity
Vehicularnetworks
BigDataanddatamining
HumanComputerInteractions(HCI)
Socialcomputing/affectivecomputing
RoboticsandArtificialintelligence(AI)systems
Evolutionarycomputing(EC)
Ethicsandtechnology
Socialresponsibilityandinnovation
Energyandsustainability
GeneralandMechanicalEngineering
Watersystems
Futureandemergingtechnologies,e.g.Nanotechnology
MediaTechnology
Multimediaproduction
Graphicsanddigitalarts

SubmissionGuidelines
Submissionswillbeacceptedinformofapaper ,aposter,ordemonstrativepracticebasedoutput.
PaperscanbeShortpaper(maximum4pages),Fullpaper(maximum6pages),ExtendedAbstractsandpracticebasedsubmissiondescription(maximum2pages).

PostersaretobedesignedforanA3postersizeinlandscapeorportraitformat.
PapersshouldbepresentedinIEEEformattingstyleincludingstructureandreferencestyle.
Thepapersandpostersmustbesubmittedheretheeasychairsubmissionpage: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fotdmupgr2016
Venue
HughAstonBuilding
HU2.37,2.38,2.41and2.07
ImportantDates
Conference:2324May2016
Deadlineforsubmissions:29April2016
AcceptanceNotifications:12May2016
Camerareadyversion:18May2016
Organizers
GeneralConferenceChair:Dr .AladdinAyesh,aayesh@dmu.ac.uk
ConferenceStudentChair:RuijieW ang,p1523357x@myemail.dmu.ac.uk
ProgramStudentChair:DarpanT riboan,p10537478@myemail.dmu.ac.uk
DTPAcademicCoordinators
Dr.FengChen,fengchen@dmu.ac.uk
Dr.BenFairweather,nbf@dmu.ac.uk
Prof.MarkLemon,mlemon@dmu.ac.uk
Dr.SophySmith,ssmith05@dmu.ac.uk
StudentOrganizingCommittee
JamesFenwick,james.fenwick@email.dmu.ac.uk
RuijieWang,p1523357x@myemail.dmu.ac.uk
DarpanTriboan,p10537478@myemail.dmu.ac.uk
ChristianHansen,christian.hansen@dmu.ac.uk
NaghamNaddour ,naghamnaddour@gmail.com
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ProgramCommittee
TBA