SAC 2025

In the last thirty-nine years, ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) has been a primary and international forum for applied computer scientists, computer engineering, and other computer related professionals to gather, interact, present, and disseminate their research and development work. ACM SAC has been sponsored by the Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP), and SIGAPP's mission is to further the interests of the computing professionals engaged in the development of new computing techniques and applications areas and the transfer of computing technology to new problem domains.

SAC 2025 will be held on March 31 - April 4, 2025 in Sicily, ITALY, which is one of the regions of Italy with the largest number of sites named UNESCO World Heritage. The conference proceedings will be published by ACM and will be also available online through ACM's Digital Library. For additional information, please visit the above official ACM SAC 2025 web site.

Intelligent Systems for Digital Era (ISDE) track - Call for Papers

Today, we are on a challenging path for digital transformation, where digital technologies offer an enormous growth potential for businesses, and a wealth of opportunities for individuals. The application of novel computing systems has affected masses of people. Think about OpenAI and ChatGPT, as game-changers. The increase in computing power has enabled tasks that once required a desktop computer to be performed on the move on a smartphone platform, while being constantly connected to the network. All of this has affected our daily lives and the way we act as a society. On this digital era, we have become dependent on intelligent systems supporting and complementing our skills and knowledge, regardless whether it is just chatting online, buying products, or a seeking advice through e-health systems, not to mention online banking, sustainable transportation solutions, etc.

The Intelligent Systems for Digital Era (ISDE) track focuses on intelligent systems and their application in all domains aiming to solve everyday problems and improving the functioning of a society. This includes, but not limited to, recent developments in information and communication technologies (ICT), sensor technologies, process automation, predictive systems, artificial intelligence (AI), etc. The track focuses on developing and applying intelligent systems supporting the continuous transformation towards a digital society. Emphasis is placed on systems that take a holistic view of this transformation towards a better digital world, e.g., healthcare, transportation, business processes, and e-government. Researchers and practitioners from academia and industry are invited to submit theoretical, technical and practical papers on intelligent systems and sociotechnical issues related to their development and application.

Topics of interest:

• Digitalization and Automation for Enterprise Ecosystems
• Digitalization in various life areas (e.g., healthcare, civil engineering, marine, transportation, etc.)
• Advanced Socio Cyber Physical Systems
• Digitalization in various life areas, e.g., healthcare, civil engineering, marine, transportation, etc.
• Application of Soft Computing in Intelligent Systems
• Smart Life Ecosystems & Smart Cities
• Artificial Agents and Smart Systems
• Advancements in e-governance and e-commerce
• Perception and Cognitive Systems
• Digital Transformation
• Systems Engineering for Intelligent Systems
• Sociotechnical problems of digitalization
• Data Science for Social Good
• Decision Support Systems for Social Good
• Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development Goals
• Intelligent Systems for Climate-Neutral and Greener Society

Student Research Competition (SRC) Program

Graduate students are invited to submit research abstracts (maximum of 4 pages in ACM camera-ready format) following the instructions published at the SAC 2025 website. Submission of the same abstract to multiple tracks is not allowed. Electronic submission of SRC papers.

All research abstract submissions will be reviewed by researchers and practitioners with expertise in the track focus area to which they are submitted. Authors of selected abstracts will have the opportunity to give poster and oral presentations of their work and compete for three top-winning places. The SRC committee will evaluate and select First, Second, and Third place winners. The winners will receive medals and cash awards. Winners will be announced during the conference banquet. Invited students receive SRC travel support and are eligible to apply to the SIGAPP Student Travel Award Program (STAP) for additional travel support.

Original unpublished research papers, application experience papers, and reports of success stories/innovation on digital transformation are invited on the topics above (but not limited). Submitted papers must be original contributions and must not be accepted or submitted elsewhere until the decision is received.

Each submitted paper will undergo a double-blind review process by at least three reviewers. Therefore, remove any author names and any other information that might divulge authors' identity from the paper. Self-reference should be in the third person.
Please note that a paper cannot be submitted to more than one track!

Electronic submission of Regular Papers

Accepted papers will be published in the ACM SAC 2025 proceedings. The camera-ready version of the accepted paper should be prepared using the ACM double-column format according to the guidelines given on the SAC 2025 web site.. Accepted full papers (regular papers) should be 6-8 pages in a double column format (with the option to add 2 extra pages at an extra cost).

Papers that received high reviews (that is acceptable by reviewer standards) but were not accepted due to space limitation will be invited for the poster session.

DO NOTE! Paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of the paper/poster in the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy attending SAC MUST present the paper. This is a requirement for the paper/poster to be included in the ACM digital library. No-show of registered papers and posters will result in excluding them from the ACM digital library.

People

Track Chairs:

• Tarmo ROBAL, Tallinn University of Technology, ESTONIA (tarmo.robal@taltech.ee)
• Raimundas MATULEVICIUS, University of Tartu, ESTONIA (raimundas.matulevicius@ut.ee)
• Diana KALIBATIENE, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LITHUANIA (diana.kalibatiene@vilniustech.lt)

Program Committee:

• Alla Anohina-Naumeca, Riga Technical University, Latvia
• Guntis Arnicans, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Romas Baronas, Professor, PhD, Lithuania
• Justyna Berniak-Woźny, Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Zane Bicevska, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Evellin Cardoso, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
• Rebecca Deneckere, Centre de Recherche en Informatique, France
• Antinisca Di Marco, University of L'Aquila, Italy
• Peeter Ellervee, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Olga Fragou, Hellenic Open University, Greece
• Tara Ghasempouri, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Luis Gomes, Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
• Jānis Grabis, Riga Technical University, Latvia
• Janis Grundspenkis, Riga Technical University, Latvia
• Francesco Guerra, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Thomas Hollstein, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Jaromír Hrad, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
• Mubashar Iqbal, University of Tartu, Estonia
• Mirjana Ivanovic, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Serbia
• Marcelo Karanik, CETINIA - Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
• Girts Karnitis, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Md. Saifuddin Khalid, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
• Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia
• Elena Kornyshova, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), France
• Anelia Kurteva, TU Delft, The Netherlands
• Audrone Lupeikiene, Vilnius University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania
• Riina Maigre, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Jolanta Miliauskaite, Vilnius University, Lithuania
• Laila Niedrite, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Keith Nolan, TU Dublin, Tallaght Campus, Ireland
• Marinella Petrocchi, IIT-CNR, Italy
• Gunnar Piho, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Fabio Pinelli, IMT Lucca, Italy
• Jolita Ralyté, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Uljana Reinsalu, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Bruno Rossi, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• Maribel Yasmina Santos, University of Minho, Portugal
• Asta Slotkienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
• Darja Solodovnikova, University of Latvia, Latvia
• Janis Stirna, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Marcelo Teixeira, Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Brazil
• Markus Westner, OTH Regensburg, Germany

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