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<p><span lang="EN-US">NOTE: To receive future announcements, please
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">FIRST CALL FOR
PAPERS AND MINI-WORKSHOP TOPICS<br>
6-Page Manuscripts due<span style="color: red;"> </span>February
1, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="IT">SIXTH INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON SPACE MISSION CHALLENGES FOR INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY (SMC-IT 2017)</span></b><span lang="IT"> <br>
September 27-29, 2017</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="IT">University of </span><span
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lang="EN-US">Alcalá</span><span lang="IT"> de Henares, Spain</span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://smc-it.org/"
class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk471373" previewremoved="true">http://smc-it.org</a><o:p></o:p></span><br>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Information
technology (IT) has progressively grown in importance to space
exploration efforts and today it often dominates the costs and
schedules of space mission projects. The International
Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information
Technology (SMC-IT) is the first forum to gather system and
software engineers, scientists, and other practitioners with the
objective of advancing information technology for space
missions. The forum provides an excellent opportunity for
technical interchange for all aspects of IT used for space
missions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The conference will
emphasize current and emerging IT practice and challenges for
future space missions. All aspects of the space mission will be
explored, including flight systems, ground systems, science data
processing, engineering and development tools, operations, and
telecommunications. The entire IT lifecycle of mission
development will be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">SMC-IT 2017
continues the practice of rotating venues to better engage
regional communities. SMC-IT 2017 will be held at the
University </span><span lang="IT">of </span><span
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lang="EN-US"> in </span><span style="background-image: initial;
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lang="EN-US">Alcalá</span><span lang="IT"> de Henares, Spain</span><span
lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US">PAPER
SUBMISSIONS<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Novel papers are
solicited from all sectors of the space community, including
earth orbiting systems, deep space missions, ground support
systems, instruments, science, landers, rovers, and probes. The
conference will address civil, military, and commercial
application areas for human and robotic missions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">SMC-IT 2017 will
consider two types of submissions: full papers with an oral
presentation (up to 6 pages), and posters (up to 2 pages). </span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">SMC-IT 2017 will
use a single-pass, full-paper review process. Authors will
submit an up-to 6-page camera ready paper at the outset.
Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE conference
proceedings, to be available at the conference and indexed in
the IEEE Xplore data base. Selected papers presented at SMC-IT
2017 will be invited to appear in a special issue of reputable
journals in the field. There will be a poster session whose
instructions will be sent in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">SMC-IT 2017 will
continue the highly successful mini-workshop session format to
explore specific emerging technology themes in greater depth.
Each mini-workshop typically runs as one track during one day
and incorporates both invited and contributed papers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">To propose a
mini-workshop topic, please submit a 1-2 page abstract including
the theme, scope, and goals of your workshop idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US">TECHNICAL TOPICS</span></u><span
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">* <b>Intelligent
Spacecraft</b> (computational intelligence; autonomy and
autonomous systems; UAV/UAS in aerospace; cooperative
systems/swarming; human-machine interactions)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">* <b>Data Analytics
for Advanced Instruments</b> (sensors, remote sensing, sensor
networks, and data analytics; algorithms; machine learning)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
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text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">* <b>Robotic
Manufacturing and Assembly of Large Space Structures</b> (3D
printing in space; robotics cooperation & interaction;
tele-robotics)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">* <b>Advanced
Computing and Big Data </b>(intelligent systems; quantum
computing; knowledge extraction and management; data mining;
data science life cycle; computing for robotics, cloud computing
in space)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">* <b>Augmented
Reality/Virtual Reality</b> (AR/VR applications to
tele-robotics, data processing, mission operations, space
science analysis, etc.; video game technology advancing space
capabilities)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">* <b>Robotics for
Exotic Mission Destinations</b> (novel space exploration
concepts enabled by robotic advancements; humans working with
robots in space)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US">* Space
Networking</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> (resilient
communications; space-terrestrial internet working,
interoperability; cross-agency standards)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">* <b>Reliable
Software, Verification & Validation approaches</b> (re-usable
software architectures; agile development and project
management; verification of collaborative systems)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">* <b>On-Ground
Control </b>(e.g. mission planning)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><br>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
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white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Although any
relevant topic will be considered for submitted papers, the
topics listed above are especially being sought as projected
themes of the conference. In addition, papers that might span
two or more topic areas (i.e., novel systems that draw on cross
cutting technologies) are also encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">As mentioned
earlier, manuscripts will be reviewed in a single-step process.
Manuscripts (up to 6 pages) for contributed papers as well as
mini-workshop proposals (1-2 pages) must be received by February
1, 2017. Acceptance notification will be e-mailed by March 15,
2017. The template for each can be found at the SMC-IT 2017 web
site:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://smc-it.org/submission.html" id="LPlnk136644"
previewremoved="true">http://smc-it.org/submission.html</a></span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US">SCHEDULE<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">October 17, 2016 –
Call for Full Papers and Mini-Workshop Concept Summaries<br>
December 1, 2016 – Author Submission Website Open<br>
January 15, 2017 – Final Submission Date for Mini-Workshop
Proposals<br>
February 1, 2017 – Final Submission Date for SMC-IT Papers<br>
March 15, 2017 – Authors Acceptance Notification<br>
June 15, 2017 – Camera Ready Manuscripts Due (incorporating
reviewer comments)<br>
July 1, 2017 – Early-bird Registration opens<br>
September 27-29, 2017 -- Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">The conference will
be held in </span><span style="background-image: initial;
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lang="EN-US">Alcalá</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span
lang="IT">de Henares</span><span lang="EN-US">, Spain, on the
beautiful campus of the University of </span><span
style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial;
background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;
background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial;
background-clip: initial;" lang="EN-US">Alcalá</span><span
lang="EN-US">. The University of </span><span
style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial;
background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial;
background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial;
background-clip: initial;" lang="EN-US">Alcalá</span><span
lang="EN-US"> is located about 20 miles northeast of Madrid.<span
style="color: red;"> </span> For more detailed information on
specific IT topic areas, schedule, author information, and
general logistics information please refer to the conference
website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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id="LPlnk427602" previewremoved="true">http://smc-it.org</a></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">To be placed on the
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">We look forward to
seeing you in Spain in September 2017!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255);"><u><span lang="EN-US">CONFERENCE CHAIRS</span></u><span
lang="EN-US">: <br>
</span><span lang="EN-US">María Dolores Rodríguez Moreno (General
Chair, e-mail: malola.rmoreno_at_uah.es )<br>
Brian Duncan (Deputy General Chair, e-mail:
Brian.Duncan_at_jhuapl.edu) <br>
Larry Bergman (Advisor to the General Chair, e-mail:
larry.bergman _at_ IEEE.org)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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255); line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:chairs@smc-it.org">chairs@smc-it.org</a></span><span
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);"><u><span lang="EN-US">ORGANIZING COMMITEE</span></u><span
lang="EN-US">: <br>
</span><span lang="EN-US">Keith Schubert (e-mail: Keith_Schubert
_at_ baylor.edu) <br>
Michela Munoz Fernandez (e-mail: michela.munoz.fernandez _at_
jpl.nasa.gov)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US">Amalaye Oyake (e-mail: amalaye.oyake _at_
jpl.nasa.gov) <br>
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