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. Eiichi Hayakawa, past Vice Chair of Special Interest Group of Embedded Systems and Prof. Hironori Nakajo, past Chair of Embedded System Symposium, 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, CPS(Cyber Physical System), IoT (Internet of Things) and so on.
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Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is currently encouraging more submissions from outside of Japan.
Any papers electronically submitted to JIP before July 31, 2016 are eligible for 30% discount in publication charge when accepted.
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(1) All papers must be submitted electronically. Please access the following URL and proceed under the submission instructions:

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ipsj

In the event you would like to make a submission, you must first create an account on the paper submission Web page. For detailed information, please refer to the manual available from the link “Submission Rules and Document Types” at the top of the submission page.

(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) (Optional) You can add a cover letter (free format) when you submit your paper. A cover letter includes the abstract and the objectives of the study and its novel and/or practical aspects of the study.

(4) 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.

(5) Submission deadline is May 12, 2016 May 26, 2016.*Deadline extended

(6) The special issue will be published on the J-Stage website in March, 2017. Preprint will be published on the IPSJ Journal in February, 2017.

(5) The Editorial Committee of This Special Issue
Editor in-Chief: Eiichi HAYAKAWA (Takushoku Univ.)
Editorial Board: Hironori NAKAJO (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology)
Editorial Committee: Masato EDAHIRO (Nagoya Univ.), Hiroaki FUKUDA (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Mikio HASHIMOTO (Toshiba Corp.), Kenji KISE (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Takashi KITAMURA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Hiroki MATSUTANI (Keio Univ.), Yukikazu NAKAMOTO (Univ. of Hyogo), Natsuko NODA (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Kouichi ONO (IBM Research - Tokyo), Yoshinori TAKEUCHI (Osaka Univ.), Takaaki TATEISHI (IBM, Japan), Kenji TEI (National Institute of Informatics), Yasutaka WADA (Meisei Univ.), Takanori YOKOYAMA (Tokyo City Univ.)