* Proceedings published in IEEE Xplore and indexed by ISI, Scopus, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doctoral Symposium of CISTI'2018 - 13th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies Caceres, Spain, 16 - 13 June 2018 http://www.cisti.eu/ <http://www.cisti.eu/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The purpose of CISTI'2018’s Doctoral Symposium is to provide graduate students a setting where they can, informally, expose and discuss their work, collecting valuable expert opinions and sharing new ideas, methods and applications. The Doctoral Symposium is an excellent opportunity for PhD students to present and discuss their work in a Workshop format. Each presentation will be evaluated by a panel composed by at least three Information Systems and Technologies experts. Contributions Submission The Doctoral Symposium is opened to PhD students whose research area includes the themes proposed for this Conference. Submissions must include an extended abstract (maximum 4 pages), following the Conference style guide <http://cisti.eu/2017/images/templates.zip>. All selected contributions will be handed out along with the Conference Proceedings, in CD with an ISBN. These contributions will be available in the IEEE Xplore <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7511893> Digital Library and will be sent for indexing in ISI, Scopus, EI-Compendex, INSPEC and Google Scholar. Submissions must include the field, the PhD institution and the number of months devoted to the development of the work. Additionally, they should include in a clear and succinct manner: • The problem approached and its significance or relevance • The research objectives and related investigation topics • A brief display of what is already known • A proposed solution methodology for the problem • Expected results Important Dates Paper submission: February 4, 2018 Notification of acceptance: March 18, 2018 Submission of accepted papers: March 30, 2018 Payment of registration, to ensure the inclusion of an accepted paper in the conference proceedings: April 1, 2018 Organizing Committee Álvaro Rocha, Universidade de Coimbra Manuel Pérez Cota, Universidad de Vigo Scientific Committee Manuel Pérez Cota, Universidad de Vigo (Chair) Adolfo Lozano Tello, Universidad de Extremadura Álvaro Rocha, Universidade de Coimbra Ana Amélia Carvalho, Universidade de Coimbra Ana Maria Ramalho Correia, Nova Information Management School Antonio Garcia Loureiro, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela António Lucas Soares, Universidade do Porto, FEUP Arnaldo Martins, Universidade de Aveiro Bráulio Alturas, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) Carlos Ferrás Sexto, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela David Fonseca, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull Ernest Redondo, Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya Francisco Restivo, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Gonçalo Paiva Dias, Universidade de Aveiro Gonzalo Cuevas Agustin, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid João Paulo Costa, Universidade de Coimbra José Borbinha, INESC-ID, IST, Universidade de Lisboa José Valença, Universidade do Minho Jose Antonio Calvo-Manzano Villalón, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Juan Hernádez, Universidad de Extremadura Luis Camarinha-Matos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Luís Paulo Reis, Universidade do Minho Marco Painho, Nova Information Management School Mário Piattini, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Nelson Pacheco Rocha, Universidade de Aveiro Ramiro Gonçalves, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Webpage of the Doctoral Symposium: http://cisti.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=119&l... Kind regards, CISTI'2018 Team http://www.cisti.eu/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com