Introduction

The 2018 IEEE Conference on Open Systems will be held in Langkawi, Malaysia on 20 – 22 November 2018. The conference provides an excellent opportunity to share and exchange technologies and applications in the area of Open Systems for professionals, engineers, academics and industrial people worldwide.  ICOS 2018 is sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Malaysia. ICOS entered it’s eighth year, the previous conferences were successfully organized in Kuala Lumpur (2010, 2012 & 2014), Langkawi in 2011, Kuching in 2013, Malacca in 2015, Langkawi in 2016 and Miri in 2017.

Langkawi, officially known as Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah (Malay: Langkawi Permata Kedah), is a district and an archipelago of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea, some 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia. The islands are a part of the state of Kedah, which is adjacent to the Thai border. On 15 July 2008, Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah had consented to the change of name to Langkawi Permata Kedah in conjunction with his golden jubilee celebration. By far the largest of the islands is the eponymous Langkawi Island (Palau Langkawi), with a population of some 64,792; the only other inhabited island being nearby Tuba Island. Langkawi is also an administrative district with the town of Kuah as largest town. Langkawi is a duty-free island

Committee

General Chair: Ali Selamat
Program Chair: Mohamed Rawidean Mohd Kassim
Technical Program Chair :  Mohd Hazli Bin Mohamed Zabil
Finance Chair: Shukor Abd Razak
Publication Chair: Mohd Hazli Bin Mohamed Zabil
Publicity Commitee: Lim Kok Cheng
Website : Lim Kok Cheng/ Mohd Hazli Bin Mohamed Zabil

Call for paper

Important date

2018-07-31
Draft paper submission deadline
2018-09-30
Draft paper acceptance notification

Papers on original works are solicited from prospective authors. Topics includes; but not limited to the following tracks:

A. OPEN SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

  • Smart, Adaptive & Intelligent Systems Technologies
  • Automation & Robotics
  • Information Retrieval & Knowledge Management
  • Embedded & Real-Time Systems
  • Processor Architectures
  • Parallel & Distributed Systems
  • Grid & Cloud Computing

B. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND TOOLS

  • Programming Languages
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Requirements Engineering
  • Product / Systems Integration
  • Critical Systems Specification
  • Software Testing and Analysis
  • Models of Reuse
  • Agile Development
  • User Interface Design & Human Factors
  • Usability, Scalability, Maintainability & Quality Issues

C. OPEN SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS

  • Engineering & Industrial Applications
  • Bio-Tech & Medical Applications
  • Web & Content Management Applications
  • Educational, e-Learning Games Applications
  • AI & Neural Networks Applications
  • Virtual Environments & Games Applications
  • Wireless & Mobile Applications
  • Remote Sensing & GIS Applications
  • E-Commerce Applications
  • Social Networks

D. SECURITY

  • Security in Mobile Applications
  • Cyber Security and Strategies
  • Secure Communications
  • Encryption and Cryptography
  • Security and Privacy Standards
  • Tools in managing security and privacy

E. OPEN SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC SECTOR

  • Health Service Management & E-Health
  • E-Government & e-Governance
  • E-Services

F. STANDARDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Open Infrastructure
  • Software Standards
  • Communication Standards

G. BUSINESS, LICENSING AND LEGAL ISSUES

  • IPR and Legal Implications in Open Systems
  • Business Models & Strategies in Open Systems
  • Innovation in Open Systems
  • Case studies of Open Systems deployment and migration models
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Important Date

  • Conference Date

    Nov 21

    2018

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    Nov 22

    2018

  • Jul 31 2018

    Draft paper submission deadline

  • Sep 30 2018

    Draft Paper Acceptance Notification

  • Nov 22 2018

    Registration deadline

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