Dear All, We are very happy to inform you that the following top class experts both from abroad and India have agreed to be Keynote and Plenary Speakers at the fast approaching (25-26 Sept 2015) Two Day National Conference on Scientometrics and Internet of Things (IoT) 1. Keynote Address: Dr. Guido Zosimo-Landolfo, Publishing Editor, Scientometrics. Springer Journal 2. Plenary Speakers: - Ms Tahseen Khanday, Solutions Sales Manager, Elsevier Co-author: Alexander van Servellen, Consultant, Research Intelligence Elsevier Broad Topic: "Usage Metrics for Analysis of Research" - Dr. Francis daCosta, a Product of Stanford University and CTO and Co-Founder of Meshdynamics.com Topic: "Scalable IoT" - Dr. Snehahansu, Faculty in Computer Science Topic: IoT - Dr. HS Siddamallaiah, Visiting Professor, Mahasarakham University, Thialand Topic; "Internet of Things as Socio-technological Dimension - Scientometrics 3.0" Other Attractions: 1. Pre-conference Tutorials at no extra charges 2. Selected papers will be published in SRELS Journal of Information Management 3. Supported by Publishing industry, Corporates and Academia Apart from takeaways from Pre-conference Tutorials and Session Theme Papers by subject experts, participants will get an opportunity for presenting their research papers Organisers: Institute of Scientometrics (http://www.instmetrics.org/) in association with NCSI-Net Foundation (http://ncsinet.org) . Conference Dates: 25-26th September 2015 Conference Venue: The Solitaire Hotel, 3 Kumara Krupa Road, Madhavanagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001 Topics of Pre-conference Tutorials on the opening day: 1. Altmetrics: A New Path for LIS Research 2. Databases for Scientometrics Research- Search Techniques and Data Analysis Resource Persons: Prof. I. K. Ravichandra Rao, Prof. S L Sangam, Dr. I R N Goudar and Dr. S M Pujar What to expect from the Tutorials? - Identify & explore databases for Scientometrics Research - Deep dive into search, retrieval & analysis - Tips, techniques & insights... - Demo access to the actual bibliographic and citation database(s) - Almetrics - The Concept, Methodologies and Developments Conference Theme: Scientometrics & Internet of Things (IoT). Part – I: Scientometrics Metrics Evolution: Librametrics, Bibliometrics, Informatics, Scientometrics, Webometrics & Altmetrics i. Empirical Laws of Bibliometrics ii. Growth Studies iii. Collaborative Studies iv. Obsolescence studies v. National Science Policy Indicators vi. Citation Analysis vii. Ranking of Universities and Institutions etc. viii. Journal Impact Factor & H- Index (Latest Developments) ix. Limitations and Issues concerned to Research Quality Indicators x. Recent Trends Part – II Internet of Things (IoT) i) Concept of IoT ii) IoT and its impact and application in LIS iii. IoT & Scientometrics iv. Systems and Machines v. Data vi. Applications The Organising Committee is in the process of inviting few more top resources on the topics of Conference. Call for Papers: Due to tremendous response, no more papers will be accepted. REGISTRATION FOR CONFERENCE BY AT LEAST ONE OF THE AUTHORS IS A MUST FOR CONSIDERATION Important Dates: Submission of papers: Closed Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: September 10, 2015 Registration (Fee. Rs. 2000/-): September 15, 2015 Conference Dates: September 25-26, 2015 Those interested in submitting conference papers may please submit the same to Conference Management System (http://ncsinet.org/conference) by 31st Aug 2015 More details of the conference is available at conference website at http://www.scientometrics.asia/ Organising Secretary: Anand Byrappa Organising Committee Chair: Prof. TD Kemparaju Conference Chair: Prof. SL Sangam Conference Technical Director: Dr. IRN Goudar "Access E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. I.R.N. Goudar - Adjunct Professor, Mangalore University - Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser Bangalore University Library, BANGALORE - 560056 - Ex. Visiting Professor Cum Library Adviser, UoM, Mysore - Ex. Scientist 'G' and Head, ICAST, NAL, Bangalore - Ex. Dy Librarian, IITM, Chennai - Ex. Scientist (Information), IICT, Hyderabad - Fulbright Scholar, Univ. of Michigan and Columbia Univ, USA (1995-96) - British Council Scholar (1982-83) E-mail: goudarishwar@gmail.com Tel: 080-23215510 Mob: 91+9611165781 (If not reachable pl try land line) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.