Call for Work in Progress Papers

Important Dates

Work in Progress Track

1 September 2024

Full Paper Submission deadline

31 October 2024

Notification deadline

20 November 2024

Camera-ready deadline

Scope and Topics

Work-in-progress track is appropriate for late breaking work and work-in-progress. Late breaking work is current work that is very new. Work in progress is emerging work that has not been fully realised or developed, where empirical data may not yet be available, or that has not yet reached a level of maturity expected for other types of submissions. Work-in-progress papers should be 6-8 pages in length including references. Initial submission must be anonymous as the papers follow the double-blind review process. Camera-ready submissions should include the author(s) name and affiliation. Publication of an accepted paper in the proceedings requires that at least one author of the paper registers for and participates in the conference.

  1. Wearable devices for healthcare
  2. IoT for health applications
  3. Sensors for biomedical applications
  4. Wearables for sports and lifestyle
  5. Biomedical applications with wearables
  6. Wearables for wellbeing
  7. Ambient Intelligence for healthcare
  8. Data privacy in healthcare IoT
  9. Big Data and IoT in healthcare
  10. Cyber security for healthcare IoT
  11. Policies and regulations for healthcare wearables
  12. Machine/Deep Learning for healthcare wearables
  13. Optimization of IoT in healthcare applications
  14. Wearable fashion in healthcare
  15. Printable and Flexible electronics for healthcare
  16. Medical self-diagnostics
  17. Mobile Health applications
  18. Cloud-based applications for mobile health
  19. Health monitoring with IoT
  20. Edge Computing and Healthcare
  21. Federated Learning for healthcare wearables
  22. Wearable prototypes development
  23. IoT networks for extended healthcare
  24. UX and usability for wearables in healthcare
  25. Ethical and responsible use of wearables in healthcare
  26. Future of wearables in healthcare
  27. Hybrid solutions for IoT in healthcare
  28. Wearables and public health
  29. Society and healthcare wearables

Publication

All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer – LNICST series and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.

Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH.

Available Journals

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:
Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal [IF: 3.8 (2022)]

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology (Scopus, Compendex)

By paying an additional $150, authors can publish their articles in the EAI Endorsed Transactions journal selected by the conference (Scopus and Ei-indexed). 

The article’s publication is subject to the following requirements:  
– It must be an extended version of the conference paper with a different title and abstract. In general, 30% of new content must be added.
– The article will be processed once the conference proceedings have been published.
– The article will be processed using the fast-track option.
– Once the conference proceedings are published, the corresponding author should contact us at [email protected] with the details of their article to begin processing.

Additional publication opportunities:

Paper Submission

Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).

Work in progress paper length: 6-8 pages

Paper submission

Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section below).

How do I submit a paper in Confy?

  1. Go to Confy+ website

  2. Login or sign up as new user

  3. Select your desired Track

  4. Click the ‘Submit Paper’ link within the track and follow the instructions

Alternatively, go to home page of Confy+ and click on “Open conferences”.

Submission guidelines

– Papers should be in English.
– Previously published work may not be submitted, nor may the work be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal. Such papers will be rejected without review.
– The paper submissions must follow the Springer formatting guidelines (see Author’s kit section below).
– Read the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.

Papers must be formatted using the Springer LNICST Authors’ Kit.

Instructions and templates are available from Springer’s LNICST homepage:
LaTeX2e Proceedings Templates (zip)
Microsoft Word Proceedings Templates (zip)

Please make sure that your paper adheres to the format as specified in the instructions and templates.

When uploading the camera-ready copy of your paper, please be sure to upload both:
– a PDF copy of your paper formatted according to the above templates, and
– an archive file (e.g. zip, tar.gz) containing the both a PDF copy of your paper and LaTeX or Word source material prepared according to the above guidelines. 

Author’s kit – Instructions and Templates (SPRINGER)

Papers must be formatted using the Springer LNICST/ EASICC Authors’ Kit.

Instructions and templates are available from Springer’s LNICST homepage:

Please make sure that your paper adheres to the format as specified in the instructions and templates.

When uploading the camera-ready copy of your paper, please be sure to upload both:

  • a PDF copy of your paper formatted according to the above templates, and
  • an archive file (e.g. zip, tar.gz) containing the both a PDF copy of your paper and LaTeX or Word source material prepared according to the above guidelines. 

Workshops

Transport systems in industry 5.0
  1. Development of digital twins focused on decision-makers
  2. Industry 5.0 and Sports Science
  3. Workshop Chair: Carlos Martner
Attendance: scientists, students and professionals