Background

The ACSAT2017 organizing committee invites proposals for special sessions. The main objective of the special sessions is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals to discuss a specific topic from the field of ACSAT2017 and its related areas.

Proceedings
All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the ACSAT2017 proceedings. The number of pages for special session papers is limited to 6 pages. The selective outstanding papers presented at the special sessions, after further revision, will be considered for publication in journals special issues.

Publicity
Special sessions organizers will be responsible for posting and advertising their special session CFPs to relevant groups and mailing lists. Our publicity chairs will also help in distributing the CFPs to our groups and people.

Submission and Reviewing
Submission and reviewing of the papers will be managed by the special sessions organizers. The special session organizers can use one of the available conference management systems, such as EasyChair. The special sessions organizers will send the details of the accepted papers to the conference organizers for publication. The reviewing guidelines given at ACSAT2017 website must be followed in the review process.

Proposal Format
- Title of the special session
- special session scope
- Full contact of special session organizer(s) (Name, Affiliation, University, Email, Website)
- Expected number of paper submissions
- Track record of special session organizer(s)
- Draft Call for paper of the special session
- Tentative list of TPC members

Financial assistance
To appreciate your hard work and support, the registration fees for one organizer of each special session will be waived for special sessions with more than 4 registered papers. The deadline for proposal submission is August 1, 2017.