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ICSS 2020 CALL FOR PAPERS or ABSTRACTS (Dec 19-21, 2020, Beijing, China)

  • 1.  ICSS 2020 CALL FOR PAPERS or ABSTRACTS (Dec 19-21, 2020, Beijing, China)

    Posted 04-12-2020 21:03

    The safety and well-being of all conference participants is our highest priority. Given that the Covid-19 has become a worldwide pandemic, ICSS program committee decides to postpone the conference from July 6-9, 2020 to Dec. 19-21, 2020. We plan to have hybrid sessions or solely virtual sessions if necessary. Peer-reviewed and accepted papers will be published regardless of the physical or virtual event. Note that part of planed activities is subject to change.

     

    ICSS 2020 CALL FOR PAPERS or ABSTRACTS (Dec 19-21, 2020, Beijing, China)

    Please contribute your papers or abstracts (deadline for submission: Aug 31, 2020) and plan to attend the conference in Beijing, Dec 19-21, 2020.

    If you are interested in organizing an invited cluster or session. Please contact Prof. Xiaolei Xie at xxie@tsinghua.edu.cn and Prof. Qiang Duan at qxd2@psu.edu, and copy your email to icss2020@easychair.org.

    General Information and Inquiry

    General Inquiry, icss2020@easychair.org
    Questions about submissions should be emailed to Prof. Weiwei Chen, wchen@business.rutgers.edu

    Important Dates

    • Aug 31, 2020      Deadline for submission of abstracts (1 page), full (6-8 pages) or short (4-5 pages) papers
    • Sept 30, 2020       Acceptance/Rejection notification
    • Oct 31, 2020       Final camera-ready papers and copyright transfer form

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    2020 INFORMS Conference on Service Science (ICSS 2020)

    CFP (https://easychair.org/cfp/icss2020)

    Submission (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icss2020

    Dec 19-21, 2020, Beijing, China

    Beijing, with a population of over 21-million residents, is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the political, educational and cultural center of the country. Beijing has a lot of historical sites, including seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites-the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian, and parts of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal. Siheyuans, the city's traditional housing style, and hutongs, the narrow alleys between siheyuans, are major tourist attractions and are common in urban Beijing. Beijing was host to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, and will also host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the first only city to host both these events. Welcome to Beijing!

    Conference Scope and Theme

    2020 INFORMS Conference on Service Science (ICSS 2020) program committee is committed to organizing a quality program with diverse participants who will share their visions, knowledge and experience in Service Science Research, Education, and Applications. The conference theme is AI and Analytics for Smart Cities and Service Systems.

    This conference presents an excellent opportunity for you to present your Service Science related research, education, and implementation work, to learn about the emerging technologies and applications, and to network with international leaders and professionals in the field. We sincerely invite you to submit a paper/abstract.

    Paper or Abstract Submission/Areas of Interest

    Abstracts or Papers are welcome in any area of Service Science Research and Applications including but not limited to:

    • Service Theories and Development; Service Research, Education, and Practice
    • Service Management, Operations, Engineering, Design, and Marketing
    • Smart Cities, Sustainable Systems, IT and Service System Analytics, and Self-service Systems
    • Smart and Intelligent Service, Healthcare Analytics, FinTech, Learning Analytics, and Others
    • Public Health Service, Policy, Administration, Response, and Systems
    • Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data-driven Decision Making
    • Systems Modeling, Management, and Simulation in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Others
    • AI, Data Analytics, and Data-driven Applications in Health, Energy, Finance, Transportation, Sport, Governmental/Public Services, etc.

    Submission & Publication

    The conference welcomes submissions of both original unpublished research (full paper, short paper, or abstract) or published work (abstract only). All submissions must be written in English, at most eight pages long (including figures, tables, and references) and submitted as a word or PDF file through the conference paper submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icss2020. All full paper submissions will be peer reviewed. Accepted full and short papers will be published in the conference proceedings and indexed by CPCI (Web of Science).

    • The conference will organize (1) Best Student and (2) Best Service Science paper awards competitions. The finalists selected by the award committee must present their works at the conference to compete for the awards.

    Pre-conference Workshops/Tutorials

    Workshops/tutorials will be organized on Dec 18, including Deep Learning, Delivering Effective Presentations, Ph.D. Colloquium, etc.  Pre-conference workshops/tutorials are free for all registered attendees.

    Important Dates

    • Aug 31, 2020        Deadline for submission of abstracts (1 page), full (5-8 pages) or short (4-5 pages) papers
    • Sept 30, 2020       Acceptance/Rejection notification
    • Oct 31, 2020         Final camera-ready papers and copyright transfer form


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    Robin Qiu
    Professor
    Penn State (The Pennsylvania State University)
    robinqiu@psu.edu
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