IEEE Conference on Intelligent Systems in Madeira Island, Portugal

The 9th IEEE IS 2018 invites high quality papers to be presented at this premier international event.
Submissions should contribute to a substantial, original and previously unpublished research in the
topics of the conference.
Papers will be selected in a double-blind refereeing process based on the submitted full papers. Final
papers should have no more than 7.000 words (all inclusive) or 8 pages and should be in the correct
format. The paper should clearly describe its purpose and relevance, reference to existing theories
and related works, research methods used and major results in engineering, technology and
innovation. Papers are expected to show the following structure: (i) Introduction, (ii) Relation to
existing theories and work, (iii) Research/Technology/Innovation approach, (iv) Findings, (v)
Conclusion, and (vi) References (Paper template).
Review criteria will be (a) whether and (b) how the paper extends the existing body of knowledge in
engineering, technology and innovation as its contribution, and (c) therefore its relevance for the
conference topics, (d) the scientific/innovation quality of the approach and (e) the clarity of
presentation. Papers will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Papers will only be accepted for review on the condition that the material is original, that it has not
been copyrighted, published, presented or is currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. Based
on the recommendations of the reviewers, the editorial committee will allocate submissions for oral
presentation of papers and/or for poster presentations. Speakers will have 20 minutes for
presentation and discussion of their paper. The official language of the conference is English.
The 9th IEEE IS2018 conference will publish one paper per presenting author only. All accepted
papers will be published in the digital conference proceedings to be available via IEEE Xplore® (with
ISBN Number and DOI for the paper), only if at least one author pays a full registration fee before
the deadline.
Conference content will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and
Indexing (A&I) databases. All A&I providers can be found here:
http://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/when-your-article-is-published/abstracting-indexing-ai-databases/
and include amongst other, Scopus and Web of Science.

Papers must be submitted using the on-line system available at www.ieee_is2018.com. For any
questions please contact the secretariat at is2018_sec@uninova.pt.
Important Dates
• Track, Special Session and Workshop Proposal ……. 31st May 2018
• Full paper submission………….................................... 30th June 2018
• Poster submission…………………………………………………. 30th June 2018
• Full paper and poster notification of acceptance..... Reviews are performed as soon as
papers are handed in, early submissions are strongly encouraged
• Print-ready final papers, copy-right form..................................................07th September 2018
If you have any constraints regarding any of the deadlines, please contact promptly the conference
secretariat: is2018_sec@uninova.pt