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Call for Papers

2nd International Conference on Societal Automation (SA 2020)
Technological & Architectural Frameworks
& Economics of Innovation and Technology

9-11 September 2020 
University of Madeira, Funchal Madeira Portugal
https://sac2020.org/

The second edition of the Conference on Societal Automation will
attempt to look in a holistic way at the Societal Automation domain in
order to try to determine what solutions, technologies, architectural
frameworks, and design tools are going to be needed in the design,
development and deployment of future human-centered life-quality
improving solutions and systems such as Cities of the Future, as well as
economic aspects of innovation and new technology.

Tracks
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The Conference has a track structure with the following Tracks:

- Electronic Systems in Societal Automation
- Communication Systems in Societal Automation
- Computing in Societal Automation
- AI, Machine & Deep Learning in Societal Automation
- Sensors in Societal Automation
- Road to Technological Singularity
- Architectural Frameworks for Societal Automation – IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems & Applications
- Smart Cities and Cities of the Future
- Cyber-Security in Societal Automation
- Development of Ultra Complex Man-Made Engineering Systems

Special Presentation
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Joseph Stiglitz - Columbia University
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank

Keynotes 
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John S. Baras, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland at College Park, USA
Marta Kwiatkowska, Trinity College Fellow, Oxford University, UK
Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Jacek M. Zurada, University of Louisville, USA

You can find all plenary invited talks on:
https://sac2020.org/keynote-plenary-invited-talks

Important dates
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Regular and special sessions papers
- Submission deadline May 10, 2020
- Acceptance notification May 31, 2020
- Deadline for final manuscripts June 30, 2020
Work-in-progress/Industry practice papers
- Submission deadline May 17, 2020
- Acceptance notification June 14, 2020
- Deadline for final manuscripts June 30, 2020
Disruptive Ideas papers
- Submission deadline June 1, 2020
- Acceptance notification June 14, 2020
- Deadline for final manuscripts

Publication
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Conference Proceedings will be submitted for publication in the IEEE
Xplore digital library. That includes accepted regular and special
session papers, work-in-progress and industry practice papers, as well
as disruptive ideas papers.

Selected papers with additional significant context and findings 
will be considered for publication in the following journals:
 - "Systems Engineering" Journal, INCOSE/Wiley Online Library
 - International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems, Inderscience Online

This year edition is going to be sponsored by IEEE Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics Society and other non-IEEE entities.

Organization
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Honorary Chair
- Elsa Maria dos Santos Fernandes
  Vice Rector, Madeira University, Portugal
General Chairs
- Ricardo Cabral, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Richard Zurawski, ISA Group, USA
Program Chairs
- Eric Dekneuvel, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
- Tomasz Szmuc, AGH University of Science & Technology, Poland
Special Sessions & Workshops Chairs
- Khadidja Chaib Draa, TechnOptiz, Luxembourg
- Marek Miskowicz, AGH UST, Poland
Track Chairs
- Junaid Arshad, Birmingham City University, UK
- Xavier Bellekens, Strathclyde University, UK
- Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
- György Eigner, Obuda University, Hungary
- Joerg Gebhardt, ABB Corporate Research, Germany
- Diogo Gomes, University of Aveiro & Telecommunications Institute, Portugal
- Waheed Iqbal, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
- Martin Jaatun, SINTEF, Norway
- Krystian Jobczyk, AGH UST, Poland
- Wolfgang Kastner, TU Vienna, Austria
- Raimund Kirner, University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Adam Kostrzewa, TU Braunschweig, Germany
- Cyril Luxey, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
- Wing Ng, South China University of Technology, China
- Paulo Pedreiras, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Selma Saidi, TU Dortmund, Germany
- Tizian Schneider, University of Saarbrücken and ZEMA gGmbH, Germany
- Olga Tveretina, University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Richard Zurawski, ISA Group, USA
- Conference Series Steering Committee
- John S. Baras, University of Maryland at College Park, USA
- Joerg Gebhardt, ABB Corporate Research, Germany
- Fumio Harashima, University of Tokyo and Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
- Martin Gijlie Jaatun, SINTEF, Norway
- Sam Kwong, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Imre Rudas, Óbuda University, Hungry
- Tomasz Szmuc, AGH UST, Poland
- Jacek Zurada, University of Louisville, USA
- Richard Zurawski, ISA Group, USA