ICDCIT 2018 invites undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students to submit their research work in any area of Computer Science and Engineering including Distributed Computing and Internet Technology to 8th Student Research Symposium. The aim of 8th Student Research Symposium is to provide an international forum for highlighting student research accomplishments in Computer Science in general and Distributed Computing and Internet Technology in particular. All topics relevant to ICDCIT, and listed in ICDCIT 2018 CFP (icdcit.ac.in), are of interest to this symposium. The Symposium will provide an opportunity for students to discuss and explore their research interests and career objectives with their peers and with a panel of established researchers in Distributed Computing area.

The symposium will be held during 11th-13th January 2018, where students of accepted papers (passed through a review process) will be invited to showcase their research work.

Students Symposium solicits original papers in any area of Computer Science and Engineering not limited to the topics listed below:  

Submission Guidelines

Intended participants must submit their research papers with student as the first authors and co-authored by supervisor(s) and co-researchers if any. In a separate note information on the research student  like name, affiliation, advisor's name , theme of research, degrees obtained so far, current status in their degree, and expected graduation date. A paper should be a concise description of the problem statement, scientific and technical approach, and the results obtained so far. Sufficient information should be provided for the chairs and the review board members to judge the merit of the research. The submissions should be in PDF format. The write up should be presented in Springer format with page limit not more than 8 pages and the papers should be submitted electronically through easychair. Based on the jury's recommendation the symposium will present best paper award.

Selected papers of the symposium will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Information Technology, Published by Springer and enlisted in the approved list of UGC.

[Ref: http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/41870]
[ISSN: 2511-2104 (print version), ISSN: 2511-2112 (electronic version)]

The Manuscript Submission Process:

1. Authors will submit papers through easychair link (given in http://icdcit.ac.in/student-research-symposium-2018.html)by 9th October 17.
2. The papers will be reviewed (Preliminary) by the review committee  by 15th October 2017 and accordingly authors will be intimated.
3. The authors of the selected papers will be asked to submit the paper in Springer template in https://www.editorialmanager.c om/BJIT/default.aspx. [The page length is 6 pages maximum] by 20th October 17.
   In case of any increase in page length, additional payment will be made.
4. The selected papers will be reviewed and accordingly authors will be notified.
5. The authors will do the necessary registration and publication will be done.