Subject: Invitation to 2016 "Hinokuni - Land of Fire" Information Processing Symposium          ‰Î‚Ì‘î•ñƒVƒ“ƒ|ƒWƒEƒ€2016           2016 "Hinokuni - Land of Fire" Information Processing Symposium Hosted by Kyushu Branch of the Information Processing Society of Japan Supported by University of Miyazaki Advocated by IEEE Fukuoka Section IEEE Fukuoka Section, Computer Society Fukuoka Chapter IEEE Fukuoka Section, Circuits and Systems Society Fukuoka Chapter Dates: Wednesday, March2 & Thursday, March3 in 2016 Venue: Building B of the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Miyazaki (Kibana Campus) address - 1-1, Gakuen Kibanadai Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan How to Get There: Please refer to the website below and check the map. http://www.miyazaki-u.ac.jp/guide/map/kibana Kibana Campus Map: Two-minute walk from the main entrance to the venue, Building B of the Faculty. Please refer to the website below and check the map. http://www.miyazaki-u.ac.jp/guide/files/mapbig_kibana.png Symposium events: General presentations and lectures Academic Fields: Entire area of information science and/or engineering Eligibility: No special eligibility/ entitlement to apply Application period: Tue., Jan.5 to Tue., Feb.2 (duly by 5:00 p.m.) extend Paper submission deadline: Tue., Jan.26 to Tue., Feb.9 (duly by 5:00 p.m.) Symposium webpage: https://www.ipsj-kyushu.jp/events/hinokuni-init Applying for Presentation: 1) How to apply - Open the Application Form. Enter the title of the paper, name, affiliation and contact address/ telephone/ fax and e-mail of the applicant along with submission of the abstract (approx. 100 words) and key words of the paper. The Application Form is linked to the Symposium's webpage. Choose preferably three key words among those shown in https://www.ipsj.or.jp/prms/office/show_keyword.do (In Japanese) - key words presented for contributors to the Information Processing Society of Japan, and submit with the attached codes; e.g. "2010101 graph theory", "2010102 theory of combination" et al. After the application is successfully accepted, your Reception Number and password will be given by e-mail. Using the password, submit the whole paper according to the following "About the Paper". Use of Internet Explorer is recommended as the web browser when applying through the Application Form. Upon completion of application to the form, an e-mail of confirmation will be sent to make sure of your application. Access the URL shown in the e-mail, and your application will be finalized. 2) Application period - From Tue., Jan.5 to Tue., Feb.2 (duly by 5:00 p.m.) extend 3) Notification of selection results - As many number of presentation as possible will be accepted, but we may have to limit the number of candidates in case the submission of papers should exceed our capacity. Authors of papers that are not to be chosen for presentation will be informed of the circumstances by Wed., Feb.3, 2016. Should there be a case that no notification reaches with regard to the selection results, please contact the address or number as shown below. 4) Enrolment fee - \1,000 (JPY) including a CD-ROM of collected papers for the Symposium 5) Others - Students attending from distant places may be granted a part of travelling expense provided that he/ she is a student member of Information Processing Society of Japan and that the university he/ she attends cannot support his/ her travelling expenses. Please apply for it through the Application Form, assenting in advance that there are cases where aids may not be provided complying with requests. `A student member of Information Processing Society of Japan' includes both current members and those who have already applied for a membership, waiting for an approval. Please refer to the final part of this document for an application procedure. Details about the academic paper: 1) Academic Fields - Entire area of information science and/or engineering 2) Manuscript format - The format of the paper to be submitted is subject to that of Information Processing Society of Japan. Please refer to the webpage as shown below for details. http://www.ipsj.or.jp/kenkyukai/genko.html Maximum volume of the article is eight(8) pages, written in a two column portrait layout on A4 sized papers. On the first page, the title, author's name and affiliation and abstract of the academic paper are to be written down using English. Text sentences can be written on the first page, if applicable. When using a stylefile, please confirm it includes the following headers: IPSJ SIG Technical Report. In addition, the year describing the copyright in the footer is 2016. 3) How to submit the paper - Please use our Submission Format to submit your manuscript made into a PDF file. When submitting, your Reception Number issued on application must also be shown by naming your file as "the Reception Number.pdf". You can submit your manuscript more than once, deeming the final submission as the finalized version. In addition, please download the "Copyright Assignment Agreement" form from our website http://www.ipsj.or.jp/copyright/ronbun/index.html and fill in to complete the contract before posting it to the below stipulated address. Your Reception Number has to be written on the upper right side of the envelope to send the contract as well as specification in red ink that you have enclosed your "Copyright Assignment Agreement". 4) Contact address for inquiry - Satoshi Ikeda, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki 1-1, Gakuen Kibanadai Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan E-mail: bisu@cs.miyazaki-u.ac.jp 5) Submission deadline - at 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 6) Encouragement Awards - Those who come under all four categories as shown below are eligible for Encouragement Awards: 1. A presenter who is under 35 of age on Apr.1 coming after the presentation 2. A registered applicant as a presenter who actually has performed a presentation 3. A presenter who have never received an Encouragement Award prior to this Symposium 4. A member of Information Processing Society of Japan Please note that an eligible presenter who has gone through the appropriate application will be awarded. Past award winners are shown at https://www.ipsj-kyushu.jp/prizes/hinokuni-init 7) Publishing finalized manuscripts on-line - After closing the Symposium, electronic files of finalized manuscripts will be open to public. If you do not wish to make the manuscript published, please choose "not to publish" in the presentation application form. The social gathering: After the session on Wed., March 2, 2016, a social gathering for the presenters will be held at the co]op canteen. Please let us know if you wish to attend it, or sign up for it at the reception desk on the day. Pay \1,000(JPY) (the finalized amount will be announced later) to attend.