INFORMATION SOCIETY AND UNIVERSITY STUDIES (IVUS 2023)

12 May 2023
KTU, Kaunas, Lithuania

Information Technologies 2023 is a joint co-located event that brings together three conferences and is aimed at Master’s and PhD students as well as at young scientists at the beginning of their careers to share ideas, present research results and provide new scientific opportunities. The participation of researchers and practitioners of the field is also encouraged.

You are kindly invited to submit your papers via the EasyChair submission system. If you have any questions or face any difficulties related to the submission and/or review processes, contact ivus@ktu.lt.

IVUS 2023 Proceedings can be accessed by clicking here.

In-person session stream: 

Remote session stream: 

PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers to the conference are submitted via the EasyChair system.
To access the paper submission area, please register on the EasyChair website.
Direct paper submission for already registered EasyChair users is here.

All participants are also required to register for the conference itself. Registration form can be accessed here.

 

About the Conference

28th International Conference 

INFORMATION SOCIETY AND UNIVERSITY STUDIES (IVUS 2023)

12 May 2023, Kaunas, Lithuania

The conference is the continuation of the annual conference series organized in succession by three universities: Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty. The event was started in 1995.

The conference will take place in a blended way, both in-person and remote participation will be available. Instructions for remote participation will be provided to presenters before the event.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:

Conference e-mail: ivus@ktu.lt

Phone: +370 (37) 30 03 50

Kaunas University of Technology
Faculty of Informatics
Studentų str. 50-409A
LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania

Phone: +370 (37) 30 03 50
https://ivus.ktu.edu/

The conference will be held in Room 337 at the Kaunas University of Technology, Studentų Str. 48a.

Authors are invited to submit full papers describing original research work in the Information and Software Technologies field. Topics include but are not limited to:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering;
  • Information Systems and Databases;
  • Business Process Modeling, Analysis and Design;
  • Formal Analysis and Design Methods;
  • Smart Systems and Environments;
  • Human-Computer Interface;
  • eLearning Technologies and Advances;
  • Computer Networks;
  • Computer Graphics;
  • Bioinformatics;
  • Robotics;
  • Mathematical Modelling;
  • Signal and Image Processing;
  • Security.

Registration form can be found here.

The attendance of conference is free. Local authors will deliver presentations in a traditional form. The remote presenters can present an e-poster and join the conference chat room for discussions, or present their papers using the teleconferencing system (webinar). The official language of the joint conference is English.

Authors are invited to submit their papers in English through the conference submission system. Conference pre-proceedings will be published in a printed conference proceedings book with ISSN 2029-249X. After the conference the authors will have the opportunity to revise and extend their papers. Conference post-proceedings (selected papers) will be published online in CEUR WS. Papers will be published only of authors who take part in the conference. For further details, please consult the conference web page.

Submitted papers must:

  • be in English;
  • have 5-10 pages;
  • use the provided template and A4 format;
  • present original research which is unpublished;
  • be submitted electronically in PDF form.

Submission Preparation Checklist

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another conference for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Director).
  2. The submission file is in PDF document file format.
  3. All URL addresses in the text (e.g., https://fi.ktu.edu/) are activated and ready to click.
  4. The text uses a 10-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines above.
  6. As the author of the submitted work, it is your responsibility to ensure that the manuscript presents a stylistically as well as grammatically correct copy. As a result, on making a submission to the conference, author(s) accepts all responsibility for stylistic and grammar errors found in the paper.

Copyright Notice and Privacy

On making submission of this unpublished work, authors allows conference organizers and others to freely access, use, and share the work if:

a) that complies with the terms and rules indicated in the Republic of Lithuania Law;

b) information is not falsified or used to mislead others (including information about information sources, authors, information usage conditions, data correctness, etc.);

c) there is an acknowledgement (bibliographic citation or active link) of its initial presentation at this conference.

The names and email addresses entered in this conference site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this conference and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

17 April, 2023 Submission deadline (Extended)
1 May, 2023 Notification of acceptance
8 May, 2023 Camera-ready papers
12 May, 2023 Conference and online sessions

Conference will be held at the Kaunas University of Technology. The exact location will be announced soon.

Getting to the venue by plane

Kaunas airport

Kaunas airport is situated 10 kilometres off the city. At Kaunas airport, regular flights are operated (by Ryanair and AirBaltic) to London, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Dublin, Knock (Ireland), Frankfurt (Germany), Oslo (Norway), etc. More information can be found on the airport website.
There is a very convenient way to reach Kaunas central bus station by bus No. 29 (Kaunas Routes and Timetables), also special buses to the capital Vilnius are arranged to suite the flight timetable (more information on the airport website).

Vilnius airport

One can also come via Vilnius Airport. The airport is located on a plateau in the south of Vilnius. It is only 7 km, or 15 minutes drive by car from the centre of the capital. The regular flights are operated to Brussel (Belgium), Stockholm (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki (Finland), Tallinn (Estonia), Moscow (Russia), Kiev (Ukraine), Warsaw (Poland), Frankfurt (Germany), Riga (Latvia), etc. More information can be found on Vilnius airport website.
The city centre can be easily reached using city train or bus. There is a special train between the Railway Station and the Airport. Located close to the passenger terminal, a train stop has staircase and elevator for passengers, lighting as well as a video supervision system for security of passengers. The needs of disabled passengers and passengers with reduced mobility have also been considered. Pedestrian path leading to the Airport is Sheltered and lightened during dark period of a day. The timetable can be found at Lietuvos gelezinkeliai.
Bus stop is situated just outside the airport. Bus No. 1 goes to the train/bus station and the buses No. 2 goes to the city centre. The timetable can be found at Vilnius Routes and Timetables.

By bus from Vilnius

There are frequent bus connections between most parts of Lithuania. The bus schedule from Kaunas and Vilnius to Palanga can be found on the website: Autobusu bilietai.


Participants of the conference who need a visa to come to Lithuania can find useful information here.

For more detailed information about leisure in Lithuania and Kaunas, you are advised to explore the information provided on the following websites:

Lithuania Travel

Kaunas Tourism and Information Center

All Events in Kaunas

Kaunas offers a wide selection of accomodation types, from hostels and private home stays to luxury hotels. To find accomodation, you are advised to explore such platforms as Booking.com or Ainbnb.

 

Programme

Prof. Dr. Audrius Lopata, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rita Butkienė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daina Gudonienė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Prof. Dr. Algimantas Venčkauskas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Prof. Dr. Marcin Woźniak, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Prof. Dr. Tomas Krilavičius, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Dr. Ilona Veitaitė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alicia García-Holgado, University of Salamanca, Spain
Prof. Dr. Francisco José García-Peñalvo, University of Salamanca, Spain
Dr. Andrea Vázquez-Ingelmo, University of Salamanca, Spain
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alfonso González-Briones, University of Salamanca, Spain
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Álvaro Lozano Murciego, University of Salamanca, Spain
Assoc. Gonçalo Marques, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Portugal,
Prof. Dr. María Navarro-Cáceres, University of Salamanca, Spain
Prof. Dr. Audrius Lopata, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Assoc Prof. Dr. Daina Gudonienė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Edgaras Dambrauskas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Prof. Dr. Algimantas Venčkauskas, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alicia García-Holgado, University of Salamanca, Spain
Prof. Dr. Francisco José García-Peñalvo, University of Salamanca, Spain
 

Organizers

 

Sponsors