Call for Thematic Sessions

The 20th Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS 2025) cordially invites you to organize a Thematic Session. The FedCSIS conferences consist of the Main Track, which recognizes five Topical Areas:

• Advanced Methods of Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Science and Data Processing
• Networked Intelligence Systems and Security
• Information Technology for Business and Society
• Intelligent Software and Service Engineering

 The role of Thematic Sessions is to enrich and deepen coverage of the five Topical Areas discerned within the Main Track. Many of Thematic Sessions are recurring yearly events, but we also solicit and welcome proposals for new one, until November 26, 2024. The Thematic Sessions can run over any span of time within the conference dates; from half-day to three days (depending on the number of collected submissions).

FedCSIS is a large rigorous scientific conference staged across Europe. Annually, it attracts ~300 submissions from ~40 countries from around the world. Papers are accepted in three categories: regular (full and short), position, and communication. All regular, presented, papers are submitted to IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Moreover, many Technical Sessions offer post-publication opportunities (journals, Springer volumes, etc.) after appropriate extensions and changes. Position and communication papers are published in separate volumes of the Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems book series. All papers are published with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers, and submitted to, and indexed in, the most influential indexing services. Since 2012, the FedCSIS Proceedings are indexed in SCOPUS and Web of Science.

Any newly proposed Thematic Session will be evaluated on the basis of scientific/technical interest and/or its relevance to practitioners in its topics, the clarity of the proposal in addressing the requested information, the innovativeness of the topics, level of correspondence and “value-added” to the FedCSIS Main Track. It is important to stress that the newly proposed Thematic Sessions should be “thematically orthogonal” to the ones offered in the past (in 2024, in particular). Moreover, it is expected that the organizers of the Thematic Sessions will represent at least three different countries and at least two continents.

Call for Papers for the Thematic Sessions will be announced by: (1) by FedCSIS Chairs in generic Calls for Conference Papers, to reach out to the computer science and intelligence systems researchers at large;  and (2) by Thematic Session Organizers in Call for Thematic Session Contributions, to reach out to the professional communities involved in research addressed by the Thematic Session. All papers (for the Main Track and Thematic Sessions) will have to be submitted to the FedCSIS Conference System (EasyChair).

Thematic Session proposals should include the following information (3 pages maximum):

1. The title and acronym of the proposed Thematic Session, and the list of topics.
2. A brief explanation of why the proposed Thematic Session will fit into the FedCSIS aims and program, including its relation to the selected Topical Areas of the Main Track.
3. The contact information of the Thematic Session Organizers, including their affiliations, links to their personal websites (Google Scholar profile, in particular), and an overview of previous experiences with organization of scientific events.
4. Preliminary list of Reviewers who have agreed (or are likely to agree) to join. Thematic Session Reviewers will become members of the Program Committee of FedCSIS 2025.
5. Indication of the expected number of papers/attendees.
6. Information about planned post-publications of extended and revised papers in high-quality journals, edited volumes, etc.

Thematic Session Organizers should email their proposals (in a single pdf file) by November 26, 2024 to the FedCSIS Secretariat at: secretariat@fedcsis.org

More information concerning FedCSIS and its scientific and organization rules can be found at: https://www.fedcsis.org