Call for papers - Special issue of "Embedded Systems Engineering"

Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for a special issue of Embedded Systems Engineering. This special issue targets state-of-the-art research results and case studies in embedded systems area as follows. This special issue is conducted by guest editor system. Prof. Masato Edahiro, Chair of Special Interest Group of Embedded Systems and Prof. Hironori Nakajo, Chair of Embedded System Symposium (ESS 2014), are the guest editors of this special issue.



Requirement Definition/Analysis Method, Developing Process, Design Methodology, Developing Environment, EDA, Co-design/Co-verification, Programming Language, Compiler, Low Power Technology, Dependable Systems, Verification, Test, Debugging Method/Tool, Performance Evaluation, Architecture, Processor, DSP, RTOS, Middleware, Network, Communication, Distributed Systems, Security, User Interface, Usability, Media Processing, Case Study，New Applications, Education, Training, Skill Standard, Collaboration with Industries and Universities, Project Management, Applications such as automobile, ITS, OA, Information Appliance and so on.

(1) All papers must be submitted electronically. Please access the following URL and proceed under the submission instructions:
https://www.ipsj.or.jp/prms/author_pre_submit_en.do
*Note that this URL is for English papers only.
If you plan to submit a paper in Japanese, please visit another page at https://www.ipsj.or.jp/prms/author_pre_submit.do

(2) (Optional) If you submit a revised paper which was not accepted for the past special issues of JIP Embedded Systems Engineering, you can add a reply letter (free format) to the end of the manuscript PDF file in order to respond to the rejected reasons of your previous submission. A reply letter must include both the original rejected reasons and your response. Note that we do not guarantee that the same reviewers are assigned to your paper again and the reply letter is considered for your review results. We do not answer inquiries about rejected reasons of your past submissions.

(3) All papers will be reviewed. The review process will be carried out in the same manner as regular issues. However, you have shorter time than usual (two months) for preparation of your responses to inquiries.

(4) Submission deadline is November 4, 2014 November 21, 2014. *Deadline extended

(5) The special issue will be published on the J-Stage website in September, 2015. Preprint will be published on the IPSJ Journal in August, 2015.

(6) The Editorial Committee of This Special Issue
Editor in-Chief: Masato EDAHIRO (Nagoya Univ.)
Editorial Board: Hironori NAKAJO (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Editorial Committee: Hiroaki FUKUDA (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Katsuhiko GONDOW (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Mikio HASHIMOTO (Toshiba Corp.), Eiichi HAYAKAWA (Takushoku Univ.), Yasushi INOGUCHI (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Keiji KIMURA (Waseda Univ.), Takashi KITAMURA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Hiroki MATSUTANI (Keio Univ.), Yukikazu NAKAMOTO (University of Hyogo), Natsuko NODA (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Kouichi ONO (IBM Research - Tokyo), Yoshinori TAKEUCHI (Osaka Univ.), Takanori YOKOYAMA (Tokyo City Univ.), Hironori WASHIZAKI (Waseda Univ.)