Cloud computing has opened new horizons in the group work, with the possibility of increasing the quality of the products and/or services, in very short timeframes and with lower costs. Besides, there is a reduction of the costs for the maintenance of servers and/or the updating of the versions of the operative services, special applications, etc., with which the local and international users work daily inside a private, public or mixed institution. The safety and privacy of the data which are in the cloud constitutes a key element in the reliability of the interchange of original ideas for the development of avant-garde projects.

The new virtual communities which will be born from these clouds will see the integration and confederation of the diverse models of networks that have existed: intranet, extranet, internet, etc., with the novel micro computing and multimedia mobile phone devices. Here are some of the main goals, which we intend to discuss in this 6th International Conference on "Horizons for Information Architecture, Security and Cloud Intelligent Technology (HIASCIT 2018): Programming, Software Quality, Online Communities, Cyber Behaviour and Business".

This synergy of people and tasks will generate new jobs across the whole planet, thus bolstering the notion of the expansion of communicability among the potential users. However, it is necessary to establish balances and controls in the behavior patterns of certain users, who with mercantilist purposes try to get the utmost personal profit with the least effort. It is also necessary to analyze in a neutral way the advantages and disadvantages of the concentration of digital information. Therefore, the quality metrics stemming from software engineering and other disciplines of the social sciences may constitute a set of attributes and quantitative rules in the online and off-line communication processes which must be respected by everybody.

Many conferences are focussed on specific aspects of computer science, telecommunications, multimedia, etc., and bring together leading experts in a particular field or sometimes on a specific technology. At such large conferences students are often marginalized or relegated to poster sessions. The conferences, workshops, symposiums, etc., are not a big scale and aim to promote dialogue between established professors and graduate students working on new directions. Hence topics from the whole range of human-computer interaction, multimedia, software, design, etc. are welcomed. Last year’s symposiums, workshops, conferences, etc., organized by ALAIPO and AInCI, for instance, included papers on the topics (see below the alphabetical order). An extensive listing connotes and reflects the requirement and also skill necessary to find intersection zones of the disciplines among the different domains, fields, and specialities; which at the same time potentially boosts and merges the formerly different scientific views.

In other words, the current international conference is aimed at all the professionals, experts, students, professors, researchers, businessmen, etc. hailing from the formal sciences and the factual sciences. This is another of the reasons why, when we refer currently to the architecture of information, it is claimed that it is “an art and a science” to find the best possible solutions to the problems posed, from the programming of efficient and intelligent applications down to the management of the online communities. In this sense, cloud computing can increase the business in each one of the environments of the human being, going from multimedia mobile phone, federated database system, business intelligence, etc., to theory and applications of cryptology, intrusion detection, methods and techniques for stopping attacks in social networking, just to mention a few examples. In short, we focus on the following main and secondary subjects, which do not exclude others of great current or future interest, alphabetically listed in the following way:

Information Architecture

:: Cloud Computing for Service Oriented Architectures
:: Cloud Computing Infrastructure
:: Cloud Computing Models, Techniques and Architecture
:: Information Architecture Design for Cloud Computing and Security
:: Library Systems and Database Development for Information Architecture
:: Usability Engineering and Communicability for Information Architecture

Security

:: Administration Security Policy
:: Data Privacy and Security
:: Security Certification: Standardization and Guidelines
:: Security in Grid
:: Security Policies and User Behaviour
:: Semantic Computing and Security

Cloud Intelligent

:: Cloud Computing for Big Data
:: Cloud Computing for Internet of Things
:: Cloud Development Tools and Applications
:: Federated Database System and Cloud Computing
:: Green and Original Cloud Applications
:: Mobile Cloud for Industrial Production and Business
:: Strategies for Cloud Assessment

Technology

:: Advanced Multi-modal Interfaces for Security
:: Authentication Mechanisms and Systems
:: Cyber Security Automation
:: Firewall Systems and Management
:: ICT, Servers and Networking: Hardware and Software Configuration
:: Multimedia Mobile Phone for Business Intelligence
:: Network Security Issues and Protocols
:: Voice, Face and Signature Recognition Systems for Security

Programming

:: Cloud Programming Models and Paradigms
:: Database: Design, Security and Authorization
:: Interactive Design for International Users Security and Privacy Information
:: Special Algorithms for Optimization Security and Cloud Computing Information
:: Theory and Applications of of Cryptology
:: Vulnerability Analysis

Software Quality

:: Attack Information: Analysis for Detection and Prevention
:: Heuristic Evaluation for Cyber Attacks
:: Human and Social Factors in Software Engineering for Security and Confidential Information
:: Interactive Design for International Users Security and Privacy Information
:: Natural Interfaces, Communicability and Strong Security for Interactive Systems
:: Open Software and Commercial Software for Anti-virus
:: Techniques and Methodologies for Virtual Defense

Online Communities

:: Access to Online Information: Rights and Obligations
:: Consequences of the Cyber Destruction and International Legislation
:: Digital Contents and Copyright Protection Techniques
:: Ethics and Aesthetics of the Interactive Contents Online and Off-line
:: Evaluation of the Impact of Security Efficiency on User Satisfaction
:: Hacking Democracy
:: Information Society and International Legislation for New Technologies

Cyber Behaviour

:: Cyber Destructors and Parochialism
:: Intellectual Property and Copyright
:: Methods and Techniques for Stopping Attacks in Social Networking
:: Psychiatry for Cyber Destructors
:: Quality Attributes and Metrics for the Evaluation of the Cyber Destructors
:: Security Policies and User Behaviour
:: Social Psychology and Human Behaviour in Safety, Security and Privacy

Business

:: Business and Security Risk Models
:: Business Intelligence and Business Analytics
:: Business Quality Models for Universities, Enterprises and Industries
:: Communicability for Business Intelligence
:: Mobile Cloud for Industrial Production and Business
:: Security, Trust and Privacy in Commerce Online

All contributions –papers, workshops, demos, posters, research-in-progress and doctoral consortium, should be of high quality, originality, clarity, significance and impact. Besides, all submitted papers will be reviewed by a double-blind (at least three reviewers), non-blind, and participative peer review. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those that will be accepted for their presentation at the international conference.  Authors of accepted papers who registered in the conference can have access to the evaluations and possible feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of their papers, so they can accordingly improve the final version of their papers.

Best regards, 

Francisco V. Cipolla Ficarra (Chair - coordinator)
&
Pamela Fulton and Doris Edison (International Secretariat)

ALAIPO: Asociación Latina Interacción Persona-Ordenador –Latin Association of HCI (www.alaipo.com) and AINCI: Asociación Internacional de la Comunicación Interactiva –International Association of Interactive Communication (www.ainci.com). Address: Via Tabajani 1, S. 15 (7) - 24121 (Bergamo) Italy :: c/ Angel Baixeras, 5 - AP 1638 - 08080 (Barcelona), Spain. Email: info@alaipo.com :: info@ainci.com

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2. The events have the following deadlines

Works Submissions: Closed. Consequently, as they are received, they will be evaluated. It is a way to speed up the process to make up the final program of the International Conference. In other words, it is not necessary to wait until the deadline to send them for the evaluation process.
Deadline: Closed.
Authors Notification: Closed.
Camera-ready, full papers: Closed.

International Conference: July, 12 – 14  

3. Program Committee:

- Francisco V. Cipolla Ficarra (chair - coordinator)

Demo Session, Poster Session, Workshop Session, and Doctoral Consortium:

Amanda Rivera (University of Puerto Rico), Wen-Yuan Jen. National United University (Taiwan); Miguel C. Ficarra. AInCI and ALAIPO; José Hamkalo. University of Buenos Aires (Argentina); Gustavo Hirchoren. University of Buenos Aires (Argentina); and Diego González. IMM - National Research Council (Italy).

Honorary Committee:

- Gavriel Salvendy. Tsinghua University (China)
- Constantine Stephanidis. University of Crete (Greece)
- Kaoru Sumi. Future University Hakodate (Japan)
- Kim H. Veltman. Virtual Maastricht McLuhan Institute (The Netherlands)
- Stafford Griffith. University of the West Indies (Jamaica)

Scientific Committee:

:: Alejandro Frangi. University of Sheffield (UK)
:: Amanda Rivera. University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
:: Ana Pérez. University of Sevilla (Spain)
:: Andrea Torsello. University Ca' Foscari (Italy)
:: Andreas Kratky. University of Southern California (USA)
:: Anna Parodi. University of Genoa (Italy)
:: Annamaria Poli. University of Milano Bicocca (Italy)
:: Chia-Wen Tsai. Ming Chuan University (Taiwan)
:: Carlos García Garino. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina)
:: Claudia Rébola. Rhode Island School of Design (USA)
:: Claudio Germak. Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy)
:: Constantine Stephanidis. University of Crete (Greece)
:: Daniela Tamburini. Sperimenta Centro Studi Cinema e Formazione di Milano (Italy)
:: Danny Barrantes. University of Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
:: Diego González (IMM - National Research Council, Italy)
:: Elina Pacini. National University of Cuyo (Argentina)
:: Farshad Fotauhi. Wayne State University (USA)
:: Gavriel Salvendy. Tsinghua University (China)
:: Georges Győry. Birkbeck University of London (UK)
:: Georgios Styliaras. University of Ioannina (Greece)
:: Gustavo Hirchoren. University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
:: Hugo Scolnik. University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
:: Jeff Williams. National University of Córdoba (Argentina)
:: José Hamkalo. University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
:: Juan Silva Salmerón. University of Ottawa (Canada)
:: Jurek Kirakowski. University College Cork (Ireland)
:: Kaoru Sumi. Future University Hakodate (Japan)
:: Karen Woodman. Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
:: Kim Veltman. Virtual Maastricht McLuhan Institute (The Netherlands)
:: Klementina Možina. University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
:: Koen van Turnhout. Hogeschool van Arnhem (The Netherlands)
:: Lastenia Bonilla. University of Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
:: Laurence Bender. University of Tres de Febrero (Argentina)
:: Leda Digión. National University of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)
:: Ljubica Marjanoviè Umek. University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
:: Luca Giuliano. Polytechnic University of Turin (Italy)
:: Marko Mladineo. University of Split (Croatia)
:: Maria Pia Morigi. University of Bologna (Italy)
:: María Teresa Dalmasso. National University of Córdoba (Argentina)
:: Marilú Lebrón Vázquez. University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
:: Miguel Cipolla Ficarra. Alaipo & Ainci (Italy & Spain)
:: Ming-Chien Hung. Nanhua University (Taiwan)
:: Mohamed Hamada. University of Aizu (Japan)
:: Onur Demirors. Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
:: Oriol Camacho Díaz. University of Granada (Spain)
:: Pablo Marrero Negrón. University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
:: Peter Stanchev. Kettering University (USA)
:: Pivovarova Liudmila. Moscow State University (Russia)
:: Reiko Hishiyama. Waseda University (Japan)
:: Roberto von Sprecher. National University of Córdoba (Argentina)
:: Ruly Darmawan. Institute of Technology Bandung (Indonesia)
:: Sebastián Gabo. National University of Córdoba (Argentina)
:: Stafford Griffith. University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
:: Tetsuo Tamai. University of Tokio (Japan)
:: Timothy Read. National University of Distance Education (Spain)
:: Tom Murphy. University College Dublin (Ireland)
:: Urška Fekonja Peklaj. University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
:: Vigneswara Ilavarasan. Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (India)
:: Virginia Guarinos Galán. University of Sevilla (Spain)
:: Wen-Yuan Jen. National United University (Taiwan)