BCI 2019 : 9th BALKAN CONFERENCE IN INFORMATICS Conference Series : Balkan Conference in Informatics  

We are pleased to announce the 9th Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI 2019).

The main objective of the BCI series of conferences is to provide a forum for discussions and dissemination of research accomplishments in Computer Science and Information Technology and to promote interaction and collaboration among scientists from the Balkan countries and the rest of the world, and to encourage involvement of young researchers from the region. The conference will consist of regular sessions with technical contributions (regular papers) reviewed and selected by an international program committee, as well as of invited talks presented by leading scientists. Different workshops will be held in line with the main conference. The official language of the conference will be English.
The 9th Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI 2019) continues the tradition of BCI conferences held in Skopje (2017), Craiova (2015), Thessaloniki (2013), Novi Sad (2012), Thessaloniki (2009), Sofia (2007), Ohrid (2005), and Thessaloniki (2003).

TOPICS OF INTEREST
The general areas of interest include all topics listed in the 2012 Revision of the ACM Computing Classification System:
Hardware Information systems
Computer systems organization Mathematics of computing
Networks Human-centered computing
Software engineering Computing methodologies
Theory of computation Applied computing
Social and professional topics

IMPORTANT DATES
Full paper submission April 1, 2019
Notification of acceptance May 15, 2019
Early (Author) Registration June 30, 2019
Camera-ready papers (ACM Proceedings) June 15, 2019
Camera-ready papers (online Proceedings)July 15, 2019
Late Registration September 15, 2019

REGISTRATION AND FEES
Regular (before 15 June): 300 €
Regular (after 15 June): 350 €
Extra page: 50 €/page
Extra paper: 150 €

The conference registration fee covers:
• Conference kit
• Conference USB proceedings
• Admission to all scientific sessions
• Lunches • Coffee breaks
• Conference dinner
• Social event

PUBLICATIONS
Original contributions are solicited for the following categories:
• Full research papers (max 8 pages) describing research accomplishments.
• Short research papers (max 4 pages), i.e. experience reports, project overviews, etc. which do not fully adhere to the standards of a first rate scientific publication, but are nevertheless of interest and value for the participants of the conference.
Submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Only accepted full papers and some high-quality short papers will be included in the main BCI 2019 Proceedings (published by ACM in the International Conference Proceedings Series). Papers must be formatted according to the ACM ICPS style templates and following ACM proceedings instructions. Other accepted papers will be published in local proceedings (with ISBN). A selection of outstanding papers from the conference may be invited for publication in internationally recognized journals (subject to additional reviewing). For their submissions, authors are encouraged to consider the final paper format requirements, as specified at the conference site. Research papers should be original contributions and should not be accepted or submitted elsewhere until the decisions of the BCI 2019 program committee are announced. At least one author from every submission accepted to appear in proceedings is obliged to register and attend the conference.