ICMCIS 2024 Call for Papers

 The NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Collaboration Support Office and the Information Systems Technology (IST) Panel are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems (ICMCIS)

to be held on 23-24 April 2024

in Koblenz, Germany

(in conjunction with the 53^rd IST Panel Business Meeting) 

Deadline for the submission of papers: 22 December 2023 extension until 7 January 2024

ICMCIS  2024 is open to citizens from NATO Nations, NATO bodies and STO Enhanced Opportunity Partners (Australia, Japan, Sweden), Mediterranean Dialogue nations (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia), Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ireland, Korea (the Republic of), New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Held as an STO Information Systems Technology (IST) Panel activity (IST-205 RSY), ICMCIS 2024 will be organised by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) in Koblenz, with support from Fraunhofer FKIE, NASK and NCIA.

The ICMCIS is the largest scientific conference in Europe on military CIS. It provides a forum for exchanging ideas and knowledge on the development and implementation of advanced information and communications technologies (ICTs) for defence and military systems.

The Conference is in-person only.

More information can be found on the ICMCIS website at https://icmcis.eu and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com 

All details about the deadlines and paper submission, including format requirements, are provided in the Call for Papers document "ICMCIS 2024_CfP" located on the right-hand side below the map.

Accepted papers should be accompanied by a signed Publication Release Form, available on the NATO STO website (https://www.sto.nato.int/Pages/support-for-authors.aspx).

For content and technical matters, please contact the ICMCIS Chair, Mr Antoine Smallegange, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For logistical and organisational questions, please contact the IST Panel Office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We look forward to this second edition of the ICMCIS as a NATO STO event.

The NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Collaboration Support Office and the Information Systems Technology (IST) Panel are seeking abstracts for a Research Symposium (RSY) on "Towards the convergence of Edge Computing, Adaptive Networking, and Information Management at the Tactical Edge", to be held on 15-16 October 2024 in Lillehammer, Norway.  

The symposium will be held in conjunction with the 54^th IST Panel Business Meeting. It is NATO Unclassified and open to representatives of NATO Nations, NATO bodies and STO Enhanced Opportunity Partners (Australia, Japan, Sweden) and Austria, Singapore, Switzerland, Ukraine.

The deadline for abstract submissions is 30 April 2024 (16 April for U.S. authors)

Objectives 

This symposium aims to present state-of-the-art updates on the development and application of edge computing from academic and industry professionals. It also seeks to gain more insight into how these technologies can be applied to real NATO operational issues.

It intends to provide a forum for scientists, industry practitioners, and military users to present novel ideas on the foundation, implementation, and application of edge computing at the tactical edge.

Topics:

Submissions must identify one or more topics (from the numbered list in the attached call for papers) and explicitly state the military and NATO coalition relevance and impact of their work.

The list of topics and sub-topics is not exhaustive, but shows typical research issues that fit firmly within the scope of exploring trust and security in the context of the convergence of edge computing, adaptive networking, and information management at the tactical edge. We encourage submissions ranging from concepts, ongoing research & development, actual implementations, and lessons learned from real-world exercises and/or operations.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2024 (16 April  for US authors or authors affiliated with US organisations)  

All details about the deadlines and paper submission, including format requirements, are provided in the call for papers document located in the grey box on the right-hand side of this page.

Accepted papers should be accompanied by a signed Publication Release Form, available on the NATO STO website; otherwise no material can be published.

For more information, please contact the IST Panel Office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The NATO S&T Collaboration Support Office and the Human Factors and Medicine (HFM) Panel

are pleased to announce the

 Research Symposium HFM-377 on

 «Meaningful Human Control in Information Warfare» 

Encompassing Control of Future Operations across Warfare Domains and the use of Advanced Al

to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

21-22 October 2024

Aim and Objectives

The symposium addresses Meaningful Human Control in larger information systems that are used in information warfare operations, such as cognitive warfare and cyberoperations. It thereby follows a system of systems approach in which multiple actors.

Topics

 The following topics will be covered, but are not limited to:

• Understanding MHC in physical warfare domains
• MHC applied to information operations (including cyber and cogwar operations)
• Multi-domain operations: information integration and networked teams
• MHC considerations with emerging, advanced AI capabilities

Abstracts 

Abstracts should be submitted electronically in PDF or MS Word format no later than 15th April 2024 and no later than 1st April 2024 for US Authors and U.S. affiliated.

Abstracts need to be Approved for Public Release. The Meeting Procedures (MP) will be Public Release.

Authors will be notified of the Programme Committee decision by 13^th May 2024. Authors of accepted abstracts should submit a full paper version by 15th September (USA) / 28th September (others) 2024 in accordance with the paper template which will provided upon acceptance.

The Symposium is open to NATO Nations, STO EOP, MD, PfP, GP and will be conducted at a Public Releasable level.

Please read the attached Call for Papers carefully and comply with the instructions. 

The NATO Modelling and Simulation Group (NMSG) Symposium 2024 on "Modelling and Simulation as enabler for Digital Transformation in NATO and Nations" (MSG-217) will be held from 24-25 October 2024 in La Spezia, Italy. 

The Symposium is PUBLIC RELEASE and open to NATO Nations, NATO bodies, STO Enhanced Opportunity Partners (STO EOPs), Partnership for Peace (PfP) countries, Partners across the globe (GP) and Invited Contact Countries (Brazil, India, Singapore). 

Please submit abstracts no later than 30 April 2024 to the Modelling and Simulation Coordination Office (MSCO) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Please find more information in the Call for Papers, attached on the right panel of this page.

The NATO STO Collaboration Support Office and the Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT) Panel will hold a Research Specialists' Meeting on "Advanced Wind Tunnel Boundary Simulation III", to be held in Washington, DC, USA in May 2025. 

The event (AVT-391) will be held in conjunction with the 55th AVT Panel Business Meeting (19-23 May 2025), and is open to citizens from NATO Nations, Australia, Sweden and Japan

The abstract submission deadline is 08 April 2024.

Theme:

Τhis RSM will provide an opportunity for technical experts to assess the state of the art in the use of high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of wind tunnel flow and boundaries, including inflow, outflow, walls, and model support hardware. 

Meeting objectives:

• Discuss activities to physically characterize wind and water tunnel and measurement processes for CFD (e.g. boundary/initial conditions and sensitivities of both test section and article, mass flow at diffuser);
• Presentation of work on high-fidelity CFD (Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes, Scale Resolving Simulation, Lattice Boltzmann, etc.) simulation of measured wind/water tunnel flow (to include matched post processing to the extent possible);
• Discuss results from coordinated activities involving facility simulations, for example:
• Discuss first results from AVT-387 "Common Research Wind Tunnels for CFD Verification and Validation" activities;
• Discuss results from NASA (high-lift) Common Research Model eco-system;
• Develop recommendations for the use of high-fidelity simulation of wind/water tunnel flows (geometries, boundaries, model support, etc.) and/or experimental characterization for CFD comparison;
• Identify educational aspects (link to AVT-ET 235), with a view to establish a course on the requirements for and methods to predict wind tunnel interference effects, including blockage, buoyancy, slotted and perforated wall effects for transonic testing etc.
• Continue to identify key areas requiring further research and development, possibly resulting in support of mid to long term simulation and testing plans;
• Mature a longer-term community of interest for wind tunnel corrections and CFD validation in research, academia and industry.
   

All details about deadlines and abstract submissions are provided in the document "AVT- 391 CfP" on the right side of this page, below the map.

Registration for this event will be open in January 2025.