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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>CALL FOR IEEE SMC-IT/SCC 2024 SUBMISSIONS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>10th IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>for Information Technology (SMC-IT)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>15th IEEE International Conference on Space Computing (SCC)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Deadline for full papers (main tracks only) and SCC presentation-only abstracts: Feb 23, 2024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Author acceptance notification: Mar 22, 2024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Workshop papers deadline: Apr 3, 2024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Registration site open: Apr 14, 2024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Final versions deadline (papers, workshop papers, SCC presentations): May 31, 2024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Conference: Jul 15-19, 2024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society - Technical Committee on Software
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Engineering and Technical Committee on Computer Architecture.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">We invite submissions for the IEEE International Conference on Space Mission</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT) and the IEEE Space Computing
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Conference (SCC). These conferences gather professionals, such as
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">system designers, engineers, computer architects, scientists,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">practitioners, and space explorers, who are committed to advancing
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">information technology and improving the computational capabilities and</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">dependability of space missions. These forums provide a valuable
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">opportunity for in-depth technical dialogues covering various aspects
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">of space mission hardware and software.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Systems in all aspects of the space mission will be explored, including
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">flight systems, ground systems, science data processing, engineering
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">and development tools, operations, telecommunications,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">radiation-tolerant computing devices, reliable electronics, and
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">space-qualifiable packaging technologies. The entire information
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">systems lifecycle of the mission development will also be covered, such</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">as conceptual design, engineering tools development, integration and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">test, operations, science analysis, and quality control.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) space applications of the following:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>SMC-IT<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Robotics, Cybersecurity, Networking, Memory and Storage, Advanced
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Ground Control, Data Analytics and Big Data, Fault-Tolerant Processing,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Intelligent and Autonomous Systems, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">and HCI, Manufacturing and Assembly of Large Structures, Advanced
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Computing for Novel Instruments and Improved Operations, Software
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Reliability for Mission-Critical Applications and Safety of Life.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>SCC<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Components, Radiation, and Packaging, Computing Architectures, Flight
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Data Processing, Avionics Systems, Machine Learning/Neural Computing,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Crew Interfaces, Extreme Environments Computing, Distributed Computing,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Infusion and adoption of industry standards for space applications.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">(The organization committee is considering to have a closed door
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">session. If you might be interested in submitting work for that
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">session, please contact the chairs at: smcit-scc_chairs@jpl.nasa.gov.)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>Process and Format<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">The SMC-IT/SCC 2024 Technical Committee is seeking two kinds of
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">submissions at this time: full papers (BOTH SMC-IT AND SCC) and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">presentations (ONLY SCC).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">IEEE SMC-IT/SCC 2024 will use a single-pass, full-paper review process.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">The full paper is required and peer reviewed prior to deciding on
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">acceptance for the conference, even if an abstract has been submitted.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Full papers can be up to 10 pages, not including references. The paper</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">template can be found on the SMC-IT/SCC 2024 website</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">https://smcit-scc.space/submissions.html</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">All accepted papers will be published in the IEEE conference
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">proceedings, indexed with the IEEE Xplore database. Note that IEEE has</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">a 'Podium and Publish' policy for conferences, which means that no
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">manuscript will be published in IEEE Xplore without first being
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">presented at the conference.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Authors of SCC presentations without a corresponding paper need to
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">submit a 1-page abstract, which will allow the conference organizers to</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">determine if the proposed presentation is germane for the conference,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">determine which track/session the proposed presentation belongs, and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">ensure the author is in contact with the track/session chair for
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">feedback prior to the final submission. All presentation-only abstract</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">submissions must be submitted by the full paper deadline.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">All submissions are uploaded via EasyChair
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smcitscc2024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Selected papers may be invited to appear in a special issue of a
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">reputable journal. More details will be made available in the future.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Note: It is not required to submit an abstract prior to the paper
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">submission.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Note: The SMC-IT/SCC program committee can be found on the conference</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">website https://smcit-scc.space/#organization</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><b>CONFERENCE CHAIRS:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">General Chair: Ivan Perez (KBR @ NASA ARC)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">General Co-chair: Rory Lipkis (NASA ARC)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Program Chair (SMC-IT): Marie Farrell (University of Manchester)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Program Co-chair (SMC-IT): Alessandro Pinto (NASA JPL)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Program Co-chair (SMC-IT): Victoria Da Poian (Microtel LLC @ NASA GSFC)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Program Chair (SCC): David Rutishauser (NASA JSC)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Program Co-chair (SCC): Christopher Green (NASA GSFC)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Workshop Chair: Sanaz Sheikhi (Stony Brook University)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">Workshop Co-chair: Wesley Powell (NASA)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">SMC-IT/SCC Program Committee Members:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm">https://smcit-scc.space/#organization</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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