2013

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The IEEE HAVE 2013 conference will be held at Istanbul Sehir University

Istanbul Sehir University
West Campus (Bati Kampusu)
Oymaci Sk. Number 15
Altunizadeh Mh.
Uskudar, Istanbul

For Hotel information please visit one of the following sites fot accommodations close to the Conference Venue.

Holiday Inn Express Istanbul-Altunizade
Ramada Istanbul Asia Hotel
Mercure Istanbul Altunizade

A Special Issue for the IEEE Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games 2013 (HAVE 2013) will be published in the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM). Accepted workshop papers that are registered and presented at HAVE 2013 are eligible to submit, by November 24, 2013, an extended version to the special issue. These manuscripts must be technically extended beyond the scope of the paper that appears in HAVE 2013. Please follow very carefully the guidelines given below. 

Guest Editor

Abdulmataleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa, Canada

Manuscript Guidelines for the Special Issue

Your accepted HAVE 2013 paper is automatically invited to this Special Issue, with the condition that the paper be registered and presented at HAVE 2013. Failure to meet the conditions will prevent the paper from appearing in the special issue. The guidelines for the special issue papers are as follows:

1. The paper must be TECHNICALLY extended beyond the scope of the paper that appeared in HAVE 2013 and must be inside the scope of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. The fact that the paper has been presented at the symposium does not, by itself, guarantee that the paper is inside the scope of the Transactions!
2. The paper must be submitted in PDF and online to TIM http://tim.allentrack.net ONLY  in the period of November 10 - November 24, 2013. Please DO NOT try to submit your papers earlier, since the Have Special Issue folder in Allentrack will not be available.
3. At the time of submission, the authors must also provide detailed information in a separate PDF file explaining how the special issue paper is a technically-extended version of the proceedings paper.
4. The HAVE 2013 paper MUST be clearly referred to in the text and listed as one of the references in the special-issue paper.
5. When uploading your manuscript click on “Special Issue Manuscript” in the “Manuscript Upload Instructions” page of the Allentrack System. Then, in page #1 of “Submit Manuscript” you must choose "HAVE2013". Subsequently, in the same page and in the “Files to Upload” section you MUST upload two files; one containing a detailed explanation of how the paper is TECHNICALLY extended beyond the scope of the proceedings paper and another which is a PDF copy of the HAVE 2013 paper. To this end, you must put the number “2” in the small box in front of “Extension Beyond Proceedings & Copy of Proceedings (if any was published)” so that the system allows you to upload these two files. Consequently, these two files will be available to the reviewers. Failure to submit a detailed explanation of the TECHNICAL extension and a PDF copy of the Proceedings paper will result in the immediate return of the manuscript to the author(s) as an unacceptable submission.
6. Please note that for the extended version, you are essentially writing a journal paper for IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM). Please follow TIM’s format on their website in terms of paper size, margins, fonts, maximum number of pages, etc. It is also very important that the presentation of the paper, in terms of title, abstract, and introduction, makes it clearly related to instrumentation and measurement. For Haptics this should be straight forward as Haptics are instruments, but for papers focusing on audio/visual aspects only, it might be more challenging and require more work. It is also highly recommended that your paper include at least 3-4 references from past TIM papers.

Please note that the submitted papers will be reviewed to ensure that relevance and quality requirements for TIM are met. After this review, up to 10 of the accepted papers will be published in the special issue, and the rest of the accepted papers will be published directly in TIM as regular papers.

Important Dates

  • Submission site opens November 10, 2013

  • Submission site closes November 24, 2013 Note: because this date is   controlled by TIM itself and not by the guest editors, it is the absolute final deadline and no extensions will be given. Late papers will not be able to be uploaded and hence will not be considered. Please do not submit papers by email to the guest editors: they will not be accepted.

  • First Decisions January 23, 2013

  • Final decisions March 25, 2013

Chairs 
Matthias Harders, ETH, Switzerland
Shervin Shirmohammadi, University of Ottawa, Canada

Technical Chairs
Troy McDaniel, Arizona State University, USA
Mohamad Eid, NYU AD, UAE

Publicity Chair
Shamim Hossain, KSU, Saudi Arabia

Local Arrangement Chair
Tarik Arici, Istanbul Şehir University, Turkey

Local Arrangement
Seçil Öcal, Istanbul Şehir University, Turkey

Steering Committee
Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, Multimedia Communications Research Lab. (Chair)
Emil Petriu, University of Ottawa, Canada
Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy
Shervin Shirmohammadi, University of Ottawa, Canada
Mel Siegel, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Conference Management
Conference Catalysts, LLC

Secretariat
Email: kmilne@conferencecatalysts.com

Final Instructions

The Conference Proceedings will be included in the IEEE Interactive Electronic Library (IEL) as part of IEEE Xplore. All authors who have been accepted must register for the conference and attend the conference to present their paper. Authors who do not attend the conference to present their papers, or arrange for a co-author or knowledgeable colleague to present their paper in the absence of the primary author, will not have their paper published in the IEEE IEL and IEEE Xplore, per latest IEEE policy.

1. Prepare the final version of the manuscript using the paper templates linked below.

Paper Templates

REMEMBER: the final version of a paper in the format given above CANNOT EXCEED 6 PAGES. NO EXCEPTION IS ALLOWED.

2. Register online

Online Registration is now open -  You MUST register before uploading your final paper. Papers will be included in the proceedings only if at least one author has registered and paid the registration fee by August 31, 2013. One full IEEE member or non-member registration (student registrations do not apply for this) covers only one (1) paper. To guarantee inclusion in the proceedings of more than one (1) paper, the author must pay a USD $50 surcharge for each paper in excess. If you need to register by bank transfer, please contact Kimberly Milne, HAVE 2013 Administrator.

NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE AUTHOR'S COMPLETED REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT.

3. An electronic version of the final manuscript must be generated for the conference proceedings.

From the final manuscript formatted as instructed above, authors must generate the electronic version in PDF format. Regardless of its initial format, the file containing the final version of the paper must be transformed in the PDF format using the IEEE PDF express web tool. PDF files generated by means of other tools are not acceptable.

To generate the IEEE Xplore compatible PDF file of your paper, follow these steps:

·         Create your IEEE PDF eXpress account by going to: http://www.pdf-express.org and using Conference ID: have13x

·         The first time you access the system, please follow the link to New user. Please note that, in order to access the service, you need to allow the use of cookies from the PDF eXpress web site. Once you have registered as a new user:

o   Upload the source file (containing your paper) for conversion.

o   Receive by e-mail the IEEE Xplore-compatible PDF of your paper. Once you’ve received your PDF file, upload it to EDAS.

o   Send the electronic version of the final manuscript, complete the presenter's biography form, and submit the copyright form through EDAS by August 31, 2013.

·         Once you receive your Xplore compatible PDF, log in at http://edas.info

·         Upload your paper.

o   Click the My Papers tab. Click the upload icon (third column from the right) and a dialog box will open that will enable you to select and upload your paper via the web or via FTP.

·         Fill in and sign the IEEE Copyright Transfer form.

o   The IEEE is enforcing strict copyright rules. For your convenience, the copyright form is made available electronically through EDAS. To access the copyright form, click on the 'My Papers' tab and then click on the copyright icon under the copyright column (second column from the right). Authors who are not authorized to sign a copyright transfer form, should download the paper version of a copyright transfer form, fill it in, and ask an authorized person to sign it.Then, send the completed form to the HAVE 2013 Administrator by fax: +1 (352) 872 5545.

o   NO PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT THE SUBMITTED COPYRIGHT FORM.

·         Prepare the presenter's biography form.

o   Please declare who will be presenting the paper at the conference on EDAS. To do this, click the 'My Papers' tab, click on your paper title, and then click the Change/Add icon in the Presenter row. Indicate who will present the paper and click Choose presenter. Presenters must fill out a short bio (50 word max) on EDAS by going to the ‘My Profile’ tab and filling in the information in the ‘Brief bio’ field. Information in this form will be used by the session chairperson to introduce the presenter.

IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE FOR WEB AND INTERNET POSTING

If authors like to post their papers electronically on any web site, any ftp site, or any other electronic dissemination technique, they must include the IEEE Copyright notice on the initial screen displaying the IEEE-copyrighted material.

Problems in preparing and submitting your draft manuscript? Further Information?

Contact the HAVE 2013 Administrator:
Kimberly Milne
kmilne@conferencecatalysts.com
Conference Catalysts, LLC

***Registration is now open, click here to register online.***

If you need to register by bank transfer, please contact Kimberly Milne, HAVE 2013 Administrator.

The registration fees are as follows, and must be paid in US dollars.


                             Until 31 August 2013       After 31 August 2013
                             Advance Registration           Late and On-Site Registration
IEEE Member                     $380                              $480
Non-Member                      $430                              $530
Student, IEEE                     $230                              $280
Life-Member

 
COVERING THE EXPENSES FOR PAPER PUBLICATION

Please, read carefully the following information concerning the registration procedure that is presented in the Author Instructions, especially if you are the prospective presenter of an accepted paper or if you need to guarantee inclusion of your accepted paper in the proceedings. An accepted paper will be published in the proceedings only if the full-fee registration payment for one of the authors is received and correctly processed by 31 August 2013 - no exceptions.

Only member or non-member fees are allowed to cover the publication of an accepted paper. To qualify for member rates, the membership number must be provided in the registration form. Student registration fees cannot be used to guarantee the publication of an accepted paper. If the author registering to cover the paper publication is a student, he has to pay the appropriate member or non-member fee. Members to whom the society bylaws grant special discounts (e.g., Students, Life members of the IEEE) cannot use the discounted rates to cover the publication of an accepted paper, they have to pay the member fee.

One author registration will cover the publication expenses of only ONE accepted paper. For each additional accepted paper associated to the same registration, a 50 US$ printing contribution will be charged. In the case no registration has been received and correctly processed to cover the paper publication, the conference organizers will contact the authors before the paper is removed from the proceedings.

REGISTRATION PROBLEMS AND FURTHER INFORMATION:

For further information concerning your registration, please, contact only the HAVE 2013 Administrator:

Kimberly Milne
kmilne@conferencecatalysts.com
Conference Catalysts, LLC

Call For Papers - PDF Download

Papers are being solicited on all aspects of multimodal haptic audio visual virtual environment technologies and related haptic applications, including Haptic sensors and renderers, Hapto-audio-visual systems and applications, Hapto-surgical/medical systems, Haptic compression and prediction, multimodal perception and psychophysics, Haptic game interfaces, tele-haptics and tele-operation, augmented and virtualized reality, collaborative virtual environments, human-computer interaction in virtual environments, multi-sensor data fusion, object modeling, and soft computing techniques.

Paper Submission
Submit your paper (4-6 pages) electronically using the web submission form available on the authors-instructions page.  All accepted papers will be published by IEEE Press, included in IEEE Xplore and indexed by EI.

Special Issue in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM)
A Special Issue on HAVE 2013 will be published in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. All accepted papers that are registered and presented (including poster papers) in the symposium proceedings are eligible to submit an extended version to the special issue. The papers must be TECHNICALLY extended beyond the scope of the paper that may have appeared in the symposium proceedings and must be inside the scope of the Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.

Papers are being solicited on all aspects of multimodal haptic audio visual virtual environment technologies and related haptic applications, including Haptic sensors and renderers, Hapto-audio-visual systems and applications, Hapto-surgical/medical systems, Haptic compression and prediction, multimodal perception and psychophysics, Haptic game
interfaces, tele-haptics and tele-operation, augmented and virtualized reality, collaborative virtual environments, human-computer interaction in virtual environments, multi-sensor data fusion, object modeling, soft computing techniques, RTIs and related APIs.