CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Visual Language and Computing http://ksiresearch.org/jvlc/ An Open Access Journal published by KSI Research Inc. 156 Park Square Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, USA NO OPEN JOURNAL ACCESS FEE FOR BOTH AUTHORS AND READERS!!! Scope: The Journal of Visual Language and Computing (JVLC) is intended to be a forum for researchers, practitioners and developers to exchange ideas and research results, for the advancement of visual languages and sentient multimedia systems. The success of visual languages especially iconic languages is evident to everyone because most smart phones these days use iconic languages to communicate with the end user. Ironically the success of visual languages in practice has led to doubt and uncertainty about the future of visual languages research. However the advances of sentient systems can motivate more research on visual languages, both at the practical level and at the theoretical level. Sentient systems are distributed systems capable of actively interacting with the environment by gathering, processing, interpreting, storing and retrieving multimedia information originated from sensors, robots, actuators, websites and other information sources. In order for sentient systems to function efficiently and effectively, visual languages may play an important role. To stimulate research towards that goal, the Journal of Visual Language and Computing welcomes the submission of papers on sentient systems and visual langauges. Types of Papers: JVLC publishes research papers, research notes, state-of-the-art surveys, review articles and monographs based upon doctoral dissertation in the areas of visual languages, sentient multimedia systems, distributed multimedia systems, sensor networks, multimedia interfaces, visual communication, multi-media communications, cognitive aspects of sensor-based systems, and parallel/distributed/neural computing & representations for multimedia information processing. Papers are also welcome to report on actual use, experience, transferred technologies in sentient multimedia systems and applications. Timely research notes not to exceed ten pages and viewpoint articles, book reviews and tool reviews not to exceed three pages, can also be submitted to JVLC. Manuscript Preparation: Manuscripts shall be submitted electronically to JVLC. Original papers only will be considered. Manuscripts should follow the double-column format and be submitted in the form of a pdf file. Page 1 should contain the article title, author(s), and affiliation(s); the name and complete mailing address of the person to whom correspondence should be sent, and a short abstract (100-150 words). Any footnotes to the title (indicated by *, +, etc.) should be placed at the bottom of page 1. Manuscripts are accepted for review with the understanding that the same work has not been and will not be nor is presently submitted elsewhere, and that its submission for publication has been approved by all of the authors and by the institution where the work was carried out; further, that any person cited as a course of personal communications has approved such citation. Written authorization may be required at the Editor's discretion. Articles and any other material published in JVLC represent the opinions of the author(s) and should not be construed to reflect the opinions of the Editor(s) and the Publisher. How to Submit: If you are submitting a paper, you can first go to the following link http://ksiresearch.org/jvlc/jvedsubmit.html to enter information about the paper such as title, list of author(s), corresponding author's first name, last name and e-mail address, keywords and so on. The JVLC paper editor jved will assign a three digit number to your paper such as 012. You can then upload pdf file of your pape paper012.pdf as follows: ftp ftp.ipage.com name: jvlc password: Covid-19 put paper012.pdf quit DOI: Every paper accepted by JVLC will be assigned a unique DOI reference number. Index: Papers published in JVLC is indexed by DBLP and CrossRef. Editor-in-Chief: Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA Co-Editors-in-Chief: Gennaro Costagliola, University of Salerno, Italy Paolo Nesi, University of Florence, Italy Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton, UK Franklyn Turbak, Wellesley College, USA For More Information: Contact jvlc@ksiresearch.org