Inspired by the broad agenda of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ACM COMPASS 2020 aims to publish significant and original research from a broad array of computer and information sciences, social sciences, environmental sciences and engineering fields that support the growth of sustainable societies worldwide, especially including under-represented and marginalized communities. The ACM COMPASS 2020 conference aims to explicitly promote interdisciplinary research work—including new methodologies, systems, techniques, applications, and behavioral, qualitative, and quantitative studies—that addresses key societal challenges related to sustainability, gender equality, health, education, poverty, accessibility, conservation, climate change, energy, infrastructure, and economic growth, among others. We also welcome research on the ethics of technology, especially from a critical perspective, to discuss limitations and concerns with technology-led solutions for sustainable societies.
- The conference will be held on June 15-17, 2020, at ESPOL, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Deadline for submission of full papers: March 8th, 2020.
To ensure strong research contributions, the ACM COMPASS 2020 conference will review papers based on focus tracks corresponding to the research areas they draw upon. The key focal tracks are:
- Computing Systems: Chaired by Arjuna Sathiaseelan, Gaius Networks
- Human-Computer Interaction: Chaired by Patrick Olivier, Monash University
- AI for Social Impact: Chaired by Daniel Neill, New York University
- Health: Chaired by Shameer Khader, Astra Zeneca (New in 2020)
- Energy, IoT and Smart Cities: Chaired by Jay Taneja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Development, Economics and Social Policy: Chaired by Samuel Fraiberger, World Bank
- Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability: Chaired by Priya Shyamsundar and Niraj Swami, The Nature Conservancy
- Deployment Experiences and Practitioner Reports: Chaired by Mercy Julia Borbor Cordova, ESPOL and Ayorkor Korsah, Ashesi University
Health: (New in 2020): This track takes papers on all aspects pertaining to the use of computing solutions to address challenges in global health. Topics may include (but not limited to):
- AI/ML techniques for global health
- EHR analysis
- Health policy interventions
- Randomized control trials
- Bioinformatics and genomics for global health
- Disease surveillance
- Maternal and child health
- Infectious diseases
- Chronic illnesses
- Mobile health platforms
- Health care management and hospital care
Please submit your latest work: https://acmcompass.org/#health
Submission details: https://acmcompass.org/#submission
