Call for Papers - Special Issue of "Students' and Young Researchers' Papers"

Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for a special issue of "Students' and Young Researchers' Papers".
One of the most important mission of our IPSJ is to promote activities by students and young researchers who will lead the next generation. Cutting-edge technologies in information processing have achieved by young researchers' hard and steady works. It is of benefit to our society that young researchers are sustainably fostered and trained. Timely and speedy publication of research outcomes by young researchers will not only contribute to the progress of information science but will help the researchers to get good positions and generous grants.
In this special section, we will publish papers written by students and young researchers. We welcome to submit a paper on any research topic of our society, so long as the first author of it is either a student or a young researcher (detailed requirements are described below). Yasuo OKABE of Kyoto University has been invited as a guest editor in chief for this special section.

Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is currently encouraging more submissions from out-side of Japan. Any paper electronically submitted to JIP before July 31, 2015 are free of publication charge when accepted.

(1) All papers must be submitted electronically. All papers must be submitted electronically. Please access the
following URL and proceed under the submission instructions:
https://www.editorialmanager.com/ipsj-jnl

(2) All papers will be reviewed. The review process will be carried out in the same manner as regular issues. However, you have shorter time than usual (two months) for preparation of your responses to inquiries.

(3) Submission deadline is June 30th, 2014.

(4) The special issue will be published on the J-Stage website in April March. Preprint will be published on the IPSJ Journal in March, 2015.
Notice: Journal of Information Processing (JIP) will be published bimonthly from 2015 (Vol.23). A publication schedule of this special issue might be moved up by one month.

(5) Requirements for submission:
The first author of the paper should be either of the following at the time of submission.
* He/she is a student of a school (a university, a technical college, a graduate school, etc.).
* He/she is a researcher less than 40 years old and has not yet gotten Ph. D degree.
* He/she has graduated or quit a school within three years and submits a paper on works which are done in the school.
The first author should be an IPSJ member.

(6) The Editorial Committee of This Special Issue
Editor in-Chief: Yasuo OKABE (Kyoto Univ.)
Editorial Board: Haruo YOKOTA (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Editorial Committee: Nobuyoshi ASAI（The University of Aizu）, Ryu IIDA（National Institute of Information and Communications Technology）, Susumu ISHIHARA（Shizuoka University）, Yasushi INOGUCHI(Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Takashi IMAIZUMI（Chiba University）, Kazunori IMOTO（Toshiba Corporation), Ryuya UDA（Tokyo University of Technology）, Hironori EGI（Kobe University), Kozo OKANO（Osaka University）, Hirotaka ONO(Kyushu University), Hideaki KANAI（Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology）, Nahomi KIKUCHI(Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.), Ryozo KIYOHARA（Kanagawa Insutitute of Technology）, Masashi KIYOMI（Yokohama City University）, Hitoshi KOSHIBA（Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology）, Kazunori KOMATANI(Osaka University), Takamichi SAITO(Meiji University), Daisuke SAKAMOTO(The University of Tokyo), Tetsuya SHIGEYASU(Prefectural University of Hiroshima), Yuji SUGA（Internet Initiative Japan Inc.）, Koutarou SUZUKI(Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), Tomohiro SUZUKI(University of Yamanashi), Takaaki TATEISHI( IBM Japan, Ltd.), Akihiro TAMURA(NEC Corporation), Nozomu TOGAWA（Waseda University）, Masahiro TOYOURA(University of Yamanashi), Hironori NAKAJO(Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology), Shohei NOBUHARA（Kyoto University）, Teruyuki HASEGAWA（KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc.）, Atsuo HAZEYAMA（Tokyo Gakugei University）, Yusuke HAYASHI（Hiroshima University）, Naoki FUKUTA（Shizuoka University）, Hiroaki FUKUDA（Shibaura Institute of Technology）, Hideki FUJII（The University of Tokyo）, Makoto FUJISAWA（University of Tsukuba）, Katsuhide FUJITA（Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology）, Takashi HORIYAMA（Saitama University）, Hiroki MATSUTANI(Keio University), Yohei MURAKAMI（Kyoto University）, Akito MONDEN（Nara Institute of Science and Technology）, Takaya YUIZONO（Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology）, Kazuki YOSHIZOE（Japan Science and Technology Agency）, Francois ＬＥ GALL（The University of Tokyo）, Chiemi WATANABE（University of Tsukuba）