ICT-DM 2017 : Fourth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management http://ict-dm2017.ercis.org December, 11-13, 2017 (Münster, Germany) Important dates: Submission Deadline July 15, 2017 Notification Due September 15, 2017 Final Version Due October 1, 2017 ICT-DM’2017 aims to bring together academics and practitioners who are involved in emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery, etc., to learn about the latest research developments, share experiences and information about this area and develop recommendations. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that present original unpublished research on using ICTs for detection, prevention, preparation, response and recovery of disasters. There will also be invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as special sessions dedicated to case studies, demonstrations and experiences based on pragmatic approaches. This way, the conference will provide a forum for supporting and encouraging both academic researchers, as well as practitioners involved in applied-focused research. Scope Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following scope: ? Big data analytics in disaster management ? Cloud computing ? Communication infrastructures, technologies and services for crisis management ? Context-aware computing ? Coordination, collaboration and decision support technologies and systems for disaster management ? Crowd sourcing ? Cyber security ? Cyber-physical systems ? Data mining from multiple information and huge sources ? Data/information management and analysis for disaster management ? Disaster relief logistics ? E-governance ? Evacuation and rescue geo-planning ? Geo-Information technologies for disaster management ? Human-system interactive information extraction ? ICT-CDM technologies in developing countries ? Internet of things for disaster and emergency management ? Interoperability of heterogeneous systems ? M2M communications management and operations ? Mobile and wireless communication networks ? Modeling and simulation tools for crisis and disaster situations ? Ontology based approaches ? Open source data and space based resources to support disaster management ? Opportunistic communications ? Pervasive and mobile computing ? Performance measurement in disaster management ? Prediction and early warning systems ? Querying and filtering on heterogeneous, multi-source streaming disaster data ? Remote sensing ? Risk, damage and loss assessment ? Security and privacy issues in information sharing ? Sensor networks ? Service Oriented Architectures ? Situation awareness ? Smart cities for disaster and emergency management ? Social media and networks ? UAVs for crisis and disaster management ? Uncertainty and possibly adversity in data handling and delivery ? Web mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ? Other related topics in the domain of ICT-DM 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. Keynotes The keynotes will be held by: Prof. Mark Haselkorn Director of the Center for Collaborative Systems for Security, Safety, and Regional Resilience (CoSSaR) at the University of Washington Abdeslem Boukhtouta Ph.D. Senior Defense Scientist at the Defence Research and Development Canada-CORA. COMMITTEES General Co-Chairs Bernd Hellingrath, University of Muenster, Germany Ivan Gojmerac, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria Technical Program Committee Co-chairs Adam Widera, University of Muenster, Germany Oriol Sallent, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain Ahcène Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algeria Proceedings Co-Chairs Michael Middelhoff, University of Muenster, Germany Saïd Yahiaoui, CERIST, Algeria Publicity Co-Chairs Roelof van den Berg, University of Muenster, Germany Amna Eleyan, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Kuo-Yu slayer Chuang, Geo Things, Taiwan Nadir Bouchama, CERIST, Algeria Steering Committee Steering committee co-chairs Nadia Nouali-Taboudjemat, CERIST, Algeria Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes 1, France Steering committee members Ahcène Bendjoudi, CERIST, Algeria Aris M. Ouksel, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Ivan Gojmerac, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria Nadjib Badache, CERIST, Algeria Omar Nouali, CERIST, Algeria Soufiène Djahel, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Technical Program Committee Abdeslem Boukhtouta, DRDC, CORA Canada Ahmed Nacer Mohamed, Computer Science Department, USTHB University, Algeria Ajay Kumar, University of Muenster, Germany Ajay Kumar, University of Twente, Netherlands Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia Alex Delis, University of Athens, Greece Alexander Preinerstorfer, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria Amir Qayyum Mohammad Ali, Jinnah University, Pakistan Andreas Prinz, University of Agder, Norway Antonio De Nicola, ENEA, Italy Bigomokero Antoine Bagula, University of Western Cape, South Africa Bill Karakostas, VLTN GCV, Belgium Christian Raffelsberger, Lakeside Labs, Austria Christoph Ruggenthaler, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria Danco Davcev, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia Djamal Benslimane, LIRIS, France Domenico Potena, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Erika Rosas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Fadila Bentayeb, ERIC, France Fang-Zhou Jiang, Data61, CSIRo, University of New South Wales, Australia Fouad Bendimerad, Stanford University, USA Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin; Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Gerhard Backfried, Sail Labs Technology, Austria Ghalem Belalem, University of Oran, Algeria Halima Bensmail, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar Hassan Badir, ENSAT Tangier, Marocco Jasmin Pielorz Austrian Institute of Technology Austria Jingquan Xie, Fraunhofer IAIS, Germany John Noel Victorino, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines Kamel Boukhalfa, USTHB, University Algeria Keshav Dahal, University of the West of Scotland, Scotland Kevin Curran, University of Ulster Northern, Ireland Lyes Khoukhi, University of Technology of Troyes, France Malika Mehdi, CERIST, France Marc Ibrahim, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon Marcello Trovati, Derby University, United Kingdom Marcos R. 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Borges, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Marian Bubak, AGH Krakow PL and University of Amsterdam, Poland Marlene De Leon, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines Michail Chatzidakis, University of Athens, Greece Mohamed Cherif Djemai, University of Blida 01, Algeria Mohammed Erradi, ENSIAS Rabat, Morocco Mohand-Said Hacid, Universtiy of Lyon 1, France Mouloud Atmani, Cerist, Algeria Nicolas Hidalgo, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile Nils Aschenbruck, University of Osnabrück, Germany Olga Battaïa, Ecole des Mines de Saint Etienne, France Pantelis Frangoudis, INRIA, France Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France Pascal Van Hentenryck, NICTA, USA Patrick Luley Joanneum, Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria Pethuru Raj Chelliah, Infrastructure Architect, India Rajat Mehrotra, Desert Research Institute, reno, NV, USA Raphaël Couturier, University of Franche Comte, France Rifaat Abdalla, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Robert Dew, Deakin University, Australia Robin Mays, University of Washington, USA Roman Tandlich, Rhodes University, South Africa Shigeki Yamada, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Shinsuke Hara, Osaka City University, Japan Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Linköpings universitet, Sweden Sivasothy Shanmugalingam, Astellia, France Stathes Hadjiefthymiades, University of Athens, Greece Stefan Sackmann, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Tuong Thuy Vu, University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus, Malaysia Vimala Nunavath, University of Agder, Norway Wolfgang Vorraber, TU Graz, Austria Yamine Ait Ameur, IRIT/INPT-ENSEEIHT, France Yao-Nan Lien, National Chengchi University, China Yingpeng Sang, BJTU, China Yusheng Ji, National Institute of Informatics, Japan More information Official website: http://ict-dm2017.ercis.org Twitter: www.twitter.com/ictdm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IctDm2015/ Contact For further information please write an email to: ictdm2017@ercis.de