Dear all, Pl. find the call for participation in the First International Conference on Urban Data Science: Theme: Smart Cities being held at IIT Madras during 20-21, Jan 2020. The delegates registration is open at a special Early Bird rate till 320th Dec 2019. There will be an increase in the regn.fee after 20th Dec 2019. As seats are limited, early registration is suggested. With regards HR Mohan OC Team, UDS-2020 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ====================== *Call for Participation* *First International Conference on Urban Data Science Theme: Smart Cities* With increasing urbanization and its related challenges and opportunities, governments all over the world are focusing on Smart Cities. Data will play a big role in the cities of tomorrow. We are pleased to announce the first international conference focused on Urban Data Science and Smart Cities. The conference aims to gather researchers, practitioners, and subject matter experts from academia, industry, and city administration to address a number of research themes arising out of building future smart cities. The conference has a great mix of eminent keynote speakers, research track papers, practitioner track papers and a startup track. We have invited leading industry and academic experts. Some of the confirmed keynote speakers include: · Hari Vasudev, Country Head, Walmart Labs · Mark S. Fox, Associate Director (Research), School of Cities, University of Toronto · Anand Sivasubramaniam, TCS Research · Raghu Krishnapuram, Indian Institute of Science There are 8 research track papers, and a startup showcase by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and IIT Madras Research Park. This event is supported by eminent organizations such as ACM Chennai Chapter, ACM India IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter, IEEE Smart Cities, IEEE Standards Assn, IEEE TEMS, SETS, CloudMOOL CII and IIT Madras Research Park. For pgm schedule (which gets updated regularly) pl. visit the conference website: http://dos.iitm.ac.in/UDS2020/ The delegate registration is open with Early Bird offer till 20th Dec 2019 at the following rates PLUS applicable taxes and charges. . · Indian Delegates (Members of supporting organisations & authors) : Rs. 2500/- · Indian Delegates (Others): Rs. 3000/- · Indian Delegates (Research Students): Rs. 2000/- · International Delegates (Members of supporting organisations & authors) : USD 150/- · International Delegates (Others): USD 200/- · International Delegates (Research Students) : USD 100/- Pl. note that there will be an increase in the registration fee after 20th Dec 2019. You can register for the conference at https://in.explara.com/e/uds-2020 If you need any clarifications, pl. contact the organising team by email at uds.iit.rit@gmail.com or on mobile at +91 9841432179