Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:00:39 +0000

ICALT is an annual international conference on Advanced Learning Technologies and Technology-enhanced Learning organized by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. After its kick-off as IWALT in Palmerston North, New Zealand (2000), ICALT has been held in New Zealand (2000), Madisson, USA (2001), Kazan, Russia (2002), Athens, Greece (2003), Joensuu, Finland (2004), Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2005), Kerkrade, The Netherlands (2006), Niigata, Japan (2007), Santander, Spain (2008), Riga, Latvia (2009). The 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2010) will be held in Sousse, Tunisia, a city with rich culture and a long-standing tradition in computer-based learning. The technical program will feature keynote addresses, workshops, tutorials, in addition to presentations of refereed papers.

Selected Papers will be considered for publication to

* Educational Technology and Society Journal [http://www.ifets.com], ISSN 1436-4522 [included in SSCI, Impact Factor: 0.904/2008 - Thomson Scientific 2008 Journal Citations Report]

* IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies [http://www.computer.org/portal/site/transactions/menuitem.eda2ca84d8d67764cfe79d108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=transactions_level1&path=transactions/tlt/content&file=index.xml&xsl=article.xsl&] (TLT), IEEE [a joint publication of the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Education Society], ISSN 1939-1382


TOPICS OF INTERESTS

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* Learning Systems Platforms and Architectures
* Rethinking Pedagogy in Technology-enhanced Learning
* Adaptive and Personalized Technology-enhanced Learning
* Intelligent Educational Systems
* Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
* Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning
* Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments for Learning
* Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning
* Web 2.0 and Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing
* Semantic Web and Ontologies for Learning Systems
* Affective and Pervasive Computing for Learning
* Human-Centered Web Science and its Applications to Technology-enhanced Learning
* Virtual Worlds for Academic, Organizational, and Life-Long Learning
* e-Assessment and new Assessment Theories and Methodologies
* Data Mining and Web Mining in Education
* Knowledge and Competencies Management
* Technology-Enhanced Language Learning
* Advanced Learning Technologies for Disabled and Non-Disabled People
* Technology-enhanced Science Education
* International Alliance for Open Source, Open Standards, and federated repositories
* School of the Future and Future Classrooms
* E-learning in the Workplace


IMPORTANT DATES

* January 15, 2010: Submissions all types (Full, Short Papers and Posters)
* February 19, 2010: Authors' Notification on the review process results
* March 15, 2010: Author's Registration Deadline
* April 12, 2010: Final Camera-Ready Manuscript and IEEE Copyright Form submission
* April 30, 2010: Advance Registration
* July 5-7, 2010: ICALT2010 Conference


SUBMISSIONS

We invite the submission of original papers reporting high quality new academic or innovative industrial research in the area of Advanced Learning Technologies. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by three reviewers. Abstracts or incomplete papers are not included to the review process.

The anticipated types of submissions are:
* Full paper: 5 pages
* Short paper: 3 pages
* Posters: 2 pages
* Doctoral consortium papers: 2 pages (first author must be a PhD student)

Please submit your manuscript using the ASK-Conference System at:
http://www.ask4research.info/conference/upload.php
If you have any problems with the above web submission form, you can send the manuscript by email to icalt-operations@iti.gr (subject: ICALT2010 Submission).

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

Organized by
University of Tunis, Tunisia
Informatics and Telematics Institute, Centre for Research and Technology
Hellas

Sponsored by
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology

Conference Proceedings are published by
IEEE Computer Society Press


CONFERENCE FEES POLICY

Author's Registration* (until March 15th)

IEEE Member 300 Euro
IEEE Non-Member 375 Euro
IEEE Member -
Student
IEEE Non-Member -
Student
IEEE Life/Retired -
Member

Non-Authors Advance Registration (until April 30th)

IEEE Member 320 Euro
IEEE Non-Member 400 Euro
IEEE Member 175 Euro
Student
IEEE Non-Member 225 Euro
Student
IEEE Life/Retired 175 Euro
Member

Non-Authors Late Registration (after April 30th)

IEEE Member 450 Euro
IEEE Non-Member 570 Euro
IEEE Member 245 Euro
Student
IEEE Non-Member 310 Euro
Student
IEEE Life/Retired 245 Euro
Member

* At least one author for each accepted paper is required to register as ICALT 2010 Author at flat authors' rate 300 € (IEEE Member) or 375 € (IEEE Non-Member). In cases where the same person plans to present 2
or more papers (Full, Short, Poster or Workshop) in the conference, it is still required that for each paper a single different registration is made (Registration 1:1 Policy). For Doctoral consortium papers to be published in the proceedings and presented in ICALT, the PhD Student who proposed the paper should register as a Student Author at IEEE (175 €) or non-IEEE Rates (245 €)

The conference fees include full entry to all events (Keynotes/ Invited Speeches, Workshops, Papers Presentations, Poster/Demos Sessions and Panels), Welcome Reception and Conference Banquet, Coffee Breaks and Luncheons, as well as one copy of the ICALT 2010 Proceedings (in CD-ROM).

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

General Chairs
* Mohamed Jemni, University of Tunisia, Tunisia
* Demetrios Sampson, University of Piraeus & CERTH, Greece

Program Chairs
* Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada
* J. Michael Spector, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Doctoral Consortium Chairs
* Sabine Graf, National Central University, Taiwan
* Charalampos Karagiannidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
* Oscar Martinez Bonastre, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain

Tutorial Chair
* Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Workshop and Panels Chair
* Ignacio Aedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Local Chair
* Prof. Rafik Brahem, University of Tunisia, Tunisia

Finance Chair
* Panagiotis Zervas, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece

Program Committee (not yet complete)
Ignacio Aedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Eshaa M. Alkhalifa, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Colin Allison, University of St-Andrews, United Kingdom
Mohamed Ally, Athabasca University, Canada
Arif Altun, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Eralp Altun, Ege University, Turkey
Rachid Anane, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Albert Angehrn, INSEAD CALT Fontainebleau, France
Luis E. Anido-Rifon, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Reuven Aviv, The Open University of Israel, Israel
Werner Beuschel, University of Applied Sciences Brandenburg, Germany
Bani Bhattacharya, Centre for Educational Technology - Indian Institute of Technology, India
MJ Bishop, Lehigh University College of Education, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University, USA
Josep Blat, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Patrick Blumschein, University of Freiburg, Germany
Rosa Maria Bottino, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
Oscar Martinez Bonastre, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Spain
Christos Bouras, University Patras and CTI, Greece
Francis Brouns, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
Mark Brown, Massey University, New Zealand
Martha Burkle, CISCO e-Learning, USA
Manuel Castro, UNED, Spain
Tak-Wai Chan, National Central University, Taiwan
Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada
Ni Chang, Indiana University, USA
Yam-San Chee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Gwo-Dong Chen, National Central University, Taiwan
Irene Ya-Ling Chen, Ching Yun University, Taiwan
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Sherry Y. Chen, National Central University, Taiwan
Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway
Ikseon Choi, University of Georgia, USA
Christophe Choquet, Universiti du Maine, France
Alexandra Cristea, University of Warwick, UK
Vassilis Dagdilelis, University of Macedonia, Greece
Isabel Fernandez De Castro, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
Stavros N. Demetriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Michael Derntl, University of Vienna, Austria
Giuliana Dettori, Institute for Educational Technology, Italy
Paloma Diaz, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, EU
Darina Dicheva, Winston-Salem State University, USA
Angelique Dimitracopoulou, University of the Aegean, Greece
Yannis A. Dimitriadis, University of Valladolid, Spain
Monica Divitini, Norwegian Universtity of Science and Technology, Norway
Juan Manuel Dodero, Universidad de Cadiz, Spain
Ian Douglas, Florida State University, USA
Jon Dron, Athabasca University, Canada
Mark Dutchuk, Vancouver Island University, Canada
Jan Elen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Jon Elorriaga, University of the Basque Country, Spain
Yoram Eshet, Open University, Israel
Sanaz Fallahkhair, University of Brighton, UK
Carla Falsetti, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Baltasar Fernandez Manjon, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Paola Forcheri, IMA-CNR, Italy
Sarfo K. Frederick, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
Mike Freeman, Camber Corporation, USA
Domingo J. Gallego, UNED, Spain
Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada
Demetrius Georgiou, Demokritus University of Thrace, Greece
Carlo Giovannella, Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
Tiong Goh, Vicrotia University of Wellington, New Zealand
Vladimir A. Goodkovsky, Independent Consultant, Virginia, USA
Sabine Graf, National Central University, Taiwan
Monique Grandbastien, Universite Henri Poincare, France
Dai Griffiths, The Institute for Educational Cybernetics, University of Bolton, UK
Maria Grigoriadou, University of Athens, Greece
Yasemin Gulbahar, Baskent University, Turkey
Roger Hartley, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Friedrich Hesse, Knowledge Media Research Centre, Germany
Tsukasa Hirashima, Hiroshima University, Japan
Pete Holt, Athabascau University, Canada
Andreas Holzinger, Medical University Graz, Austria
Yi-chuan Jane Hsieh, Ching Yun University, Taiwan
Ray Yueh-Min Huang, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
Hans Hummel, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
Gwo-Jen Hwang, National University of Taiwan, Taiwan
Wu Yuin Hwang, National Central University, Taiwan
Dirk Ifenthaler, University or Freiburg, Germany
Mohamed Jemni, University of Tunis, Tunisia
Russell Johnson, Massey University, New Zealand
Mike Joy, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Charalambos Karagiannidis, University of Thessaly, Greece
Keiso Katsura, Senri Kinran University, Japan
Ian Kennedy, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
ChanMin Kim, Florida State University, USA
MinKyu Kim, Florida State University, USA
Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Rody Klein, Paris 8 University, France
Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Gerald Knezek, University of North Texas, USA
Sandhya Kode, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
Ah-Choo Koo, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Rob Koper, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
Maria Kordaki, Computer Institute of Technology, Greece
Ari Korhonen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Tiffany Koszalka, Syracuse University, USA
K. Robert Lai, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Aparna Lalingkar, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India
Monica Landoni, University of Lugano, Swiss
Chien Ching Lee, Nanyang Technological University, Singapure
Chien Sing Lee, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Luigi Lella, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
Davinia Hernandez-Leo, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Steve Leung, Athabasca University, Canada
Stefano Levialdi, Universita di Roma, Italy
Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada
Andreas Lingnau, Knowledge Media Research Center, UK
Tzu-Chien Liu, National Central University, Taiwan
Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo, Spain
Barbara Lockee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
John Loewen, Vancouver Island University, Canada
Jacques Lonchamp, University of Nancy, France
Flavio Manganello, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Alke Martens, University of Rostock, Germany
Trey Martindale, University of Memphis, Tennessee
Jonathan McKeown, Florida State University, USA
Veijo Meisalo, University of Helsinki, Finland
Anastasios Mikropoulos, University of Ioannina, Greece
Marcelo Milrad, Vaxjo University, Sweden
Punya Mishra, Michigan State University, USA
Boris Misnevs, Transport and Communication Institute, Latvia
Roberto Moriyon, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Constantinos Mourlas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Jari Multisilta, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Sahana Murthy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Indian
Kandan Muthusamy, IBM India, India
Jehad Najjar, Synergetics NV, Belgium
Wolfgang Nejdl, L3S Research Center, Hannover, Germany
Hiroaki Ogata, Tokushima University, Japan
Toshio Okamoto, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Manuel Ortega Cantero, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Spain
Kyparisia Papanikolaou, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Greece
Foteini Paraskeva, University of Piraeus, Greece
Iraklis Paraskakis, South East European Research Centre, Greece
Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Panagiotis Pintelas, University of Patras, Greece
Sarantos Psycharis, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Greece
Srinivasa Ramani, IIITB, Bangalore, India
Lloyd Reiber, University of Georgia, USA
Symeon Retalis, University of Piraeus, Greece
Marco Ronchetti, University di Trento, Italy
Devshri Roy, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus & CERTH, Greece
Ulrik Schroeder, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Ali Fawaz Shareef, Center for Open Learning, Maldives
Ji Shen, University of Georgia, USA
Valerie Shute, Florida State University, USA
Katherine Sinitsa, Intl Res. and Trng Ctr of Info. Tech. and Systems, Kiev, Ukraine
Peter Sloep, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
Amy Soller, USA
Marcus Specht, Open University of the Netherlands, The Netherlands
J. Michael Spector, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
Krassen Stefanov, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria
Christian M. Stracke, University of Duisburg-Essen
Jarkko Suhonen, University of Joensuu, Finland
Erkki Sutinen, University of Joensuu, Finland
Qing Tan, Athabasca University, Canada
Carmen Taran, Managing Partner at Rexi Media, UK
Pierre Tchounikine, Universiti du Maine, France
Chin-Chung Tsai, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Setsuo Tsuruta, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Maomi Ueno, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Wouter van Joolingen, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Michael Verhaart, Eastern Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Barbara Wasson, University of Bergen, Norway
Dunwei Wen, Athabasca University, Canada
Jie Chi Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
Stephen J.H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
Hsiu-Ping Yueh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Larisa Zaitseva, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA)

A unique opportunity to pursue your PhD in Science and Engineering

SINGA is an award given to international students with excellent academic undergraduate and/or master’s results, and strong interest in doing research leading to a doctorate (PhD) in Science and Engineering at a Singapore University. The students can choose to do their research work mainly at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), National University of Singapore (NUS), or Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The PhD degree will be conferred by either NUS or NTU.

“International students” refer to students who are not citizens or permanent residents of Singapore, and who have not previously studied in Singapore. We hope to award up to 240 SINGA scholarships per year with no bond. You are not required to take up citizenship and you are not required to work in Singapore after graduation.

The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration between the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). PhD training will be carried out in English at your chosen lab at A*STAR Research Institutes, NUS or NTU. Students will be supervised by distinguished and world-renowned researchers in these labs. Upon successful completion, students will be conferred a PhD degree by either NUS or NTU.

“We want to encourage more such exchanges, to build friendships and mutual understanding. This is why we are introducing a new Singapore International Graduate Award (or SINGA), for international students to do their PhD training in a multi-disciplinary environment in Singapore. 240 SINGA Awards will be given every year to top students from all over the world. I hope that this will enhance the close educational ties between our countries and will bring our young talents even closer together.”

Extracted from Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s speech at the Honorary Doctorate Degree Conferment Ceremony, Eotvos Lorand University, 9 October 2007, Budapest, Hungary

ELIGIBILITY

* Open to all international students
* Graduates with a passion for research and excellent academic results
* Good skills in written and spoken English
* Good reports from academic referees

THE RESEARCH

SINGA brings together top scientists from A*STAR, NUS, and NTU. These scientists have made a mark in the international R&D landscape and are currently pursuing research work here at A*STAR, NUS, or NTU.

Through SINGA, you will be able to work with these top scientists in finding cures for aids, cancer, infectious diseases, diabetes, obesity, aging etc, establishing novel approaches in bioengineering and nanotechnology for the next big scientific breakthrough, and developing ground-breaking and cutting-edge methods in data storage, optical communication, wireless and mobile technology, artificial intelligence, etc.

There is no limit when it comes to research. And SINGA provides you the opportunity to begin the exciting journey of discovery and betterment of human life.

Research areas under the PhD Programme fall broadly under two categories:
(i) Biomedical Sciences; and
(ii) Engineering and Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

AWARD TERMS
* Attractive monthly stipend over 4 years of PhD studies, which can support you comfortably. The stipend amount is SGD 24,000 annually, to be increased to SGD 30,000 after passing Qualifying Examination.
* Full support for tuition fees for 4 years of PhD studies.
* One-time SGD 1,000 Settling-in Allowance
* One-time Airfare Grant of SGD 1,500

Estimated cost of living in Singapore (Per Student Per Month)

* Food
- University Canteens: SGD 200 – 300
- Meals outside Campus : SGD 440 – 525
* Accommodation – per person based on twin sharing: SGD 300 – 600
* Transport Expenses (local): SGD 100 – 150
* Other Expenses (stationery, toiletries, laundry, recreation, etc): SGD 300 – 500
* Total Estimated Cost of Living: SGD 1,100 – 1,700
* 1 USD is about 1.4 SGD

HOW TO APPLY

Application for August 2009 intake has closed. Click here to apply for January 2010 intake.
https://www.singa.a-star.edu.sg/apply.php

The application deadline for January 2010 intake is 1 June 2009. Only applications with all required supporting documents (transcripts,
referees’ letters, etc.) received by SINGA Office before 1 June 2009 will be processed for the January 2010 intake.

Applicants who applied for the January 2010 intake before 1 June 2009 but whose supporting documents are received after 1 June 2009 will be considered late and be processed for the August 2010 intake instead.

All supporting documents are to be submitted by post to:

Attention: Ms Lee Suet Leng / Ms Pris Ang
A*STAR Graduate Academy
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
20 Biopolis Way, #07-01 Centros
Singapore 138668

Please check and ensure that all data you have entered in the online form is correct and accurate before you submit the online application. Amendments to the online application will not be possible after it is submitted. In addition, amendments on the hardcopy of the application form will not be included and will render the application invalid.

You may download the Academic Referee’s Recommendation Form here.
https://www.singa.a-star.edu.sg/files/SINGA_Referee_Report_v2.doc

Only short-listed candidates will be notified within 2 months from the application closing date.

This information also available at:

https://www.singa.a-star.edu.sg

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