IEEE R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (HTC-2015) Co-located with 8th IEEE HNICEM 2015
Sent on Behalf of R10 HTC, General Chair, Prof. Elmer Dadios
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IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (HTC-2015)
Co-located with 8th IEEE HNICEM 2015
http://ieeehtc2015ph.wix.com/htc2015
Announcement and Call for Papers
9-12 December 2015
Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines
IEEE Humanitarian Technology Conference 2015 (HTC) Co-located with IEEE 8th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM 2015) to be held at the Waterfront Hotel, Cebu, Philippines from December 9-12, 2015.
The IEEE HTC and 8th HNICEM are being organized by the IEEE Philippines Section, together with the Neuronemech and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Philippines Chapter. The IEEE HTC is one of the flagship conferences of IEEE Region 10. This conference will feature plenary and invited talks by eminent scientists and engineers, tutorials, paper presentations, poster sessions and industrial exhibits. Our theme for this year, “Humanitarian Technologies for Disaster Prevention and Risk Reduction”, addresses the application of innovative and engineering technologies to improve the standard of living and way of life of the people in disaster and hazardous area.
Scope and Topics
The conference committee solicits high quality papers containing original contributions in areas of Technologies for Humanity, Heath, Environment, Energy, Management, including but not limited to: Safety • Biomedical and Bioinformatics • Renewable / Non- Renewable Sources of Energy • Solid Waste Management • Industrial Ecology • Cleaner Production • Climate Change • Disaster Risk and Reduction
Regular Paper Submission
Authors should electronically submit full paper in MS WORD document, maximum of 6 pages (IEEE format - two columns font 10 including pictures and diagrams), to http://ieeehtc2015ph.wix.com/htc2015
Invited Sessions
The Program Committee also solicits proposals for invited sessions within the technical scope of the conference. One session typically contains eight to ten papers. Session proposals must be submitted toProf. Elmer P. Dadios or Prof. Joel Marciano or Prof. Alvin B. Culaba.
Workshops and Tutorials
The Program Committee is also soliciting proposals for workshops and tutorial related to the theme of the conference. Person interested in organizing a pre-conference workshop or tutorial should contact Prof. Prospero Naval or Prof. Laurence Gan Lim
Proceedings
All papers submitted in the conference will undergo rigid peer review process. Only papers that will pass the review process will be accepted and published in the IEEE Xplore conference proceedings and book of abstracts. Electronic copy of the proceedings will be provided at the conference.
Important Dates
July 20, 2015 – Deadline for submission of full paper
August 31, 2015 – Notification of acceptance
September 15, 2015 –Deadline for submission of final paper (camera ready format)
October 15, 2015 – Deadline for early bird registration (10% discount)
Conference Fees(Includes: Lunch, Snacks, Banquet, CD Proceedings and Kits)
Professional US$ 450.00
Student US$ 300.00
Note: All IEEE members can avail 10% discount
: Early Bird registration can avail 10% discount
Publishers
Proceedings of this conference will be published in IEEE Xplore Digital Library
International Advisory Board (IAB) - (Alphabetical Order)
Prof. Abdoullah A. Afjeh
Toledo University, USA
Prof. Kukjin Chun
Seoul National University, South Korea
Prof. Jose B. Cruz Jr.
Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Eryk Dutkiewicz
Macquarie University, Australia
Prof. Toshio Fukuda
Nagoya University, Japan
Prof. Kaoru Hirota
Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan
Dr. Rowena Guevara
Department of Science and Technology, Philippines
Prof. Oussama Khatib
Stanford University, USA
Prof. Ramakrishna Kappagantu
R10 Director, India
Prof. Janina Mazierska
James Cook University, Australia
Prof. Howard Michel
UMass-Dartmouth, USA
Prof. Ioan D. Manirescu
University of Toledo, USA
Prof Miyanaga
Hokaido University, Japan
Prof. Raouf Naguib
BIOCORE Research & Consultancy International, UK
Prof. Yong-Jin Park
Waseda University, Japan
Prof. Lawrence Wong
National University of Singapore
General Chair
Prof. Elmer P. Dadios - De La Salle University, Philippines
Email: elmer.dadios@dlsu.edu.ph
Program Chairs
Prof. Joel Marciano
University of the Philippines
Email:j.marciano@gmail.com
Prof. Alvin B. Culaba
De La Salle University, Philippines
Email: alvin.culaba@dlsu.edu.ph
Prof. Marcelo Ang
National University of Singapore
Organizing Chairs
Dr. Prospero Naval
University of the Philippines
Email pcnaval@dcs.upd.edu.ph
Dr. Laurence Gan Lim
De La Salle University, Philippines
Email : laurence.ganlim@dlsu.edu.ph
Publications Chair
Prof. Raymond Tan & Engr. Argel Bandala
De La Salle University, Philippines
Email: argel.bandala@dlsu.edu.ph
Workshop and Special Session Chair
Prof. Somsak Chomsay
King Mongkot Institute of Technology, Thailand
Local Arrangement Chair
Dr. Elmer Maravillas – CIT, Phil.
Email : elmer.maravillas@gmail.com
Dr. Chris Jordan Aliac – CIT, Phil
Email : citbadrobot@gmail.com
Publicity Chairs
Prof. S N Singh - India
Prof. Zia Ahmed – Australia
Prof. Ravikiran Annaswamy - India
Prof. Supavadee Aramvith - Thailand
Prof. Rajnish Gupta - Singapore
Prof. Takako Hashimoto - Japan
Prof. Takatoshi Minami - Japan
Prof. Norliza Nohd Noor –Malaysia
Prof. Takao Onoye - Japan
Finance Chairs
Engr. Ryan Rhay Vicerra
University of Santo Tomas
Email: rpvicerra@gmail.com
Engr. Edwin Sybingco
De La Salle University, Philippines
Email: edwin.sybingco@dlsu.edu.ph
Exhibits Chairs
Dr. Jennifer De La Cruz
Engr. Jun Ballado
Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines
About the IAB (Plenary Speakers)
