Call for Special Session

APSIPA ASC 2021 features a special sessions track for emerging research topics that will run throughout the conference in parallel to other tracks. Special sessions provide the opportunity for a more in-depth look at the subject matter presented. APSIPA ASC 2021 strongly encourages organization of Special Sessions to complement regular programs and to help bring together leading researchers and engineers from around the world to present the state-of-the-art research works. Special Session proposals may cover topics that relate to regular technical program tracks of APSIPA ASC 2021, but are not limited to those. Proposals will be reviewed by the special session committee based on the relevance, innovation, content and quality. All papers submitted to the special sessions will go through the same review process as regular papers. The special session organizers and all invited speakers will be required to register for the conference.

Proposal Format

Each special session proposal should contain the following information:

• - Name of the organizer(s) of the special session
• - A title of the special session
• - The relevant track of the special session
• - Session abstract (statement of the significance of the topic)
• - Tentative titles and abstracts of at least 4 (preferably 5) invited papers
• - List of names who have agreed to contribute a paper in the session
• - Short biography of special session organizer(s), and please include the complete affiliation, address and email

If you intend to propose and organize a special session, please provide a proposal using the template that includes the above information ( or alternatively using Google Forms), and send it to the following APSIPA ASC 2021 Special Sessions Chairs: Shogo Muramatsu, Shoko Imaizumi, Chuang Shi, Qin Jin.

Important Dates

Special Session proposal submission deadline: April 1, 2021 May 1, 2021
Special Session proposal acceptance notification: May 1, 2021 June 1, 2021

Special Session Chairs