<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Dear BLDG-SIM list,<br class=""> <br class="">The following is the call for papers for the ACM BuildSys 2019 Conference in NYC. I encourage folks from our community to give this conference a shot if you are in the world of Data Science or Machine Learning (ML) focused on IoT and Building/City Energy Simulation. ACM BuildSys is a complementary community to IBPSA and ASHRAE as it dives more deeply into ML models and techniques, while still keeping a focus on the buildings/cities context.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For those unfamiliar with ACM conferences, the acceptance rate is relatively low, making it highly competitive —<u class=""> however, this year, there is a new paper type (Abstract Paper - 2 pages) that is targeting non-computer scientists and industry.</u> There are also Poster/Demo and PhD Workshop tracks for newcomers.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My apologies if you have already received multiple copies of this email!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-------<br class=""> <br class="">The <b class="">6th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys 2019</b>) will be held <b class="">November 13-14, 2019 at Columbia University in New York, USA.</b> This year a subset of the best papers in the ACM BuildSys proceedings will be fast-tracked to the ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks with minor revisions, upon authors' agreement.<br class=""> <br class="">BuildSys 2019 Website: <a href="http://buildsys.acm.org/2019" class="">http://buildsys.acm.org/2019</a></div><div class=""> <br class=""><b class="">Important Dates<br class=""></b><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Abstract Registration**: June 15, 2019, AOE.<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Paper Submission: June 22, 2019, AOE. (No further extension will be granted)<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Paper Notification: August 1st, 2019, AOE.<br class=""></div>** For the abstract registration, you only need to enter the title of the paper, the list of authors and their email addresses, the PC conflicts, and a brief abstract (~150-250 words). After registering the paper's abstract, you will have one additional week to upload the PDF file of the paper (either a 10-page Full paper or a 4-page Notes paper).<br class=""> <br class=""><b class="">Paper Types <br class=""></b>We solicit three types of original submissions:<br class=""><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Regular papers for oral presentation (10 pages)<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Notes papers for oral presentation (4 pages)<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Abstract papers for short oral and optional poster presentations (2 pages) <br class=""></div>Explanations of the intent for each paper type and detailed submission guidelines are found in the Call for Papers.<br class=""> <br class=""><b class="">Scope of Conference<br class=""></b>BuildSys is the premier conference for researchers and practitioners working to develop and optimize smart infrastructure systems that are driven by sophisticated sensing, computing, data analysis, operational analytics, and control functions. We invite original contributions in all emerging domains that leverage information-driven systems to further move the built environment toward smarter operations. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Improved user interfaces to the built environment and civil infrastructure;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Infrastructure operational analytics<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Sensing and control for managing urban infrastructure systems;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Novel sensor methodologies, techniques, and tools;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Security, privacy, safety, and reliability inbuilt systems;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Sensing and control of electrical, gas, and water loads;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Localization and contextual computing for increased human-infrastructure interactions;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Modeling, simulation, optimization, and control of heating, cooling, lighting, ventilation, water usage, and other resource flows in built environments;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• New sociotechnical systems for innovative applications and services to enable more livable, workable, sustainable, and connected communities;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Sensor systems and applications that enhance energy efficiency, energy reliability, durability, and comfort;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Systems that integrate infrastructure with the smart grid to offer demand response and ancillary services;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Distributed generation, alternative energy, renewable sources, and energy storage in buildings;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Emerging standards for data collection, energy control, or interoperability of disparate devices or systems;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Sensing, modeling, and predicting the urban heartbeat including sounds, movements, and radio spectrum;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Human in the loop sensing and control for efficient use of electricity, gas, heating, water;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Long-lived and energy harvesting sensor systems;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Scalable indoor localization and contextual computing;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Empirical studies of city-scale wireless communications;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Environmental Sensing;<br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• Vehicle technologies, traffic, and sustainable mobility.<br class=""><br class=""></div> <br class="">Regards,<br class=""> <br class="">Clayton Miller and Mostafa Mirshekari<br class="">BuildSys 2019 Publicity Chairs</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
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