ACIT’2017

The International Arab Conference on Information Technology

Yassmine Hammamet, Tunisia

December 18-20, 2017

The International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT'2017) is a forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research, results, ideas, developments, and applications in all areas of information technology. ACIT’2017 will include presentations to contributed papers and state-of-the-art lectures by invited keynote speakers. Tutorials on current issues and special sessions on new trends related to information technology and software industry could be organized. This conference is considered the official scientific conference for the Colleges of Computer and Information Society, stemming from the Association of Arab Universities. The permanent General Secretariat of ACIT is hosted by Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan.ACIT’2017 will be organized by Zarqa University, Sfax University and Federal Association of Scientific Research, Technology and Information “FIRST”. At this ACIT edition, Hackaton will be organized at the last day “Training and competition” in order to evaluate the performance of Android applications.

LOCATION

ACIT'2017 will be held at Yassmine Hammamet, a very beautiful town located on the northern peninsula of Cape Bon. It sits on the edge of the Gulf of Hammamet and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea. Yassmine Hammamet is best known for its wide sandy beaches and water sports, and the city was actually the first tourist attraction in Tunisia.

Yassmine Hammamet is less than one hour from the capital Tunis and its Carthage International Airport and has become a favored touristic destination. The place has everything other than its stunning beach and its good climate; it has a beautiful and charming Medina, hotels of all classes, good restaurants and many options for daytrips.

TOPICS

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

AI & Expert Systems

Algorithms & Applications

Natural Lang. Processing (Arabic)

Bioinformatics

Computer Architecture

Computer Ethics

Computer Graphics

Computer Networks

Computer Simulation

Database Systems

Decision Support Systems

Digital Telecommunications

E-Commerce

E-Learning

Geographic Information Systems

Human Computer Interaction

Information Security

Information Systems

Web semantics

IT & Society

Machine Learning

Multimedia & Image Processing

Neural Networks

Parallel & Distributed Systems

Pattern Recognition

Reliability & Fault-Tolerance

Remote Sensing

Software Engineering

Virtual Reality Systems

Pervasive & adaptive systems

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Researchers should submit a full paper describing their work, maximum of 8 single-spaced double column pages that also include illustrations. The first page should include the paper title, a brief abstract, a set of keywords, and text. Be sure not to include the authors' names in your paper. The abstract should be concise and not longer than 250 words. Immediately following the abstract, no more than six keywords are to be supplied for subject indexing. Keywords should not simply be taken from the title of the paper, but should be representative of the content of the whole paper and characteristic of the terminology used within the particular field of study. The introduction of the paper must be clearly written and should explain the nature of the problem, previous work, purpose and the contribution of the paper. The introduction is assigned number “1”, and following sections are assigned numbers as needed. A conclusion section must be included and should indicate clearly the advantages, limitations, possible applications, and future work. The references section is not assigned a number. References should be numbered in alphabetical order by the first author’s last name. Citations in the text should be by number and enclosed in square brackets, e.g. [1].Electronic submission of papers as Microsoft’s Word document or PDF via ACIT OpenConf is a must. ACIT OpenConf is a conference management system that automates the paper submission and the whole reviewing process. It can be accessed via ACIT web site at www.acit2k.org. Any question regarding submission or the reviewing process should be directed to Cette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. Vous devez activer le JavaScript pour la visualiser.. A final preparation format is available in the conference web site. Before final acceptance, all referees comments must be considered and the paper must be formatted according to ACIT camera-ready instructions that are provided in the conference web site. Accepted papers for authors who complete registration will be published in the conference proceedings.

EVALUATION PROCESS

The evaluation of submitted papers is based on the importance and usefulness of the research topic. Technical merits, novelty of the approach, soundness of results, and clarity of presentation are also considered as factors of the evaluation process. Each article will be fully refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chairs

Monji Kherallah, Professor at University of Sfax

Mahmoud Neji, Professor at University of Sfax

Program Chair

Monji Kherallah,University of Sfax

Organizing Members

Ramzi Zouari, Sfax University

Mohamed Elleuch, Manouba University

Rania Maalej, Sfax University

Raouia Mokni, Sfax University

Anis Mezghani, Sfax University

Houcem Lahiani, Sfax University

Zeineb Neji Sfax University

Wided Baccari Sfax University

Program Committee Members

Monji Kherallah, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mohamed Adel Alimi, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mahmoud Neji, Sfax University, Tunisia

Chokri Ben Amar, Sfax University, Tunisia

Najoua Ben Amara, Sousse University, Tunisia

Mohamed Ali Mahjoub, SousseUniversity, Tunisia

Nacer Kachouri, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mounir Ben Ayed, Sfax University, Tunisia

Ahmed Toumi, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mohamed Masmoudi, Sfax University, Tunisia

Hefedh Trabelsi, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mohamed Ellouze, Sfax University, Tunisia

Najmeddine Abdelmoula, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mohamed Gargouri, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mohammad Hassan, Zarqa University, Jordan

Sahnoun Zaidi, University of Constantine, Algeria
Salah Al-Rawi, Al-Anbar University, Iraq

Mohamed Ben Ammar, Northern Borders University, Rafha

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mabrouk Chaabane, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mongi Lahiani, Sfax University, Tunisia

Abdessamad Malaoui, Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco

Mohamed Djemel, Sfax University, Tunisia

Dorra Sellami Masmoudi, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mohamed Chaabane, Sfax University, Tunisia

Lotfi Krichen, Sfax University, Tunisia

Nabil Derbel, Sfax University, Tunisia

Lotfi Kammoun, Sfax University, Tunisia

Hafedh Abid, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mounir Samet, Sfax University, Tunisia

Mohamed Chtourou, Sfax University, Tunisia

STEERING COMMITTEE

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Available on ACIT website: www.acit2k.org

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers: August 15, 2017.

Notification of acceptance: October 2, 2017.

Camera-ready submission & registration deadline: November 18, 2017

Hackaton Period: December 19-20, 2017

Conference period: December 18-20, 2017