Call for Special Sessions

SPECIAL-SESSION PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 28, 2025

SPECIAL-SESSION PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 22, 2025

The SAMOS XXV Conference invites proposals for Special Sessions to be held during the conference from June 28 to July 3, 2025, on the inspiring island of Samos, Greece. Special Sessions provide a unique opportunity to explore emerging topics, foster interdisciplinary discussions, and showcase innovative research in the field of embedded systems and related areas.

Scope of Special Sessions: Special Sessions at SAMOS XXV should align with the conference’s overarching themes. Proposals should focus on cutting-edge topics that complement the main conference tracks and encourage collaboration prominently featured in the conference program and proceedings.

Proposal Submission: Interested organizers should submit a one-page proposal by March 15, 2025, that includes:

• Title and Topic Description: A concise title and a description of the session’s objectives, relevance, and novelty.
• Organizers: Names, affiliations, and contact information of the session organizers, including a short bio for each.

Chairs of accepted special sessions will be notified accordingly.

Special-Session Paper Submission: Papers submitted to special sessions can be peer-reviewed short papers (max 8 pages in LNCS format) or abstracts (max 1 page in LNCS format), which must be submitted by the general-track submission deadline of April 22, 2025.

Accepted papers will be included in the SAMOS proceedings to be published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and indexed in the DBLP Database.

Important Dates:

• Special Session Proposal Deadline: March 28, 2025.
• Notification of Proposal Acceptance: March 31, 2025.
• Special-Session Submission Deadline: April 22, 2025.
• Camera-Ready Submission: June 9, 2025.

Session Organization:

• Each Special Session should include a minimum of three accepted papers.
• Session organizers are responsible for promoting their session and soliciting submissions.
• Submitted papers will undergo the same rigorous peer-review process as regular conference submissions.

How to submit: Proposals should be submitted via email to the SAMOS XXV Special-Session Chair at c.strydis@erasmusmc.nl. The final list of selected special sessions will be included, in due time, in: https://samos-conference.com/wp/special-sessions/.

Join us at SAMOS XXV to shape the future of embedded systems research and foster meaningful collaborations in the serene and inspiring setting of Samos, Greece!

SUMMER SCHOOL & SPECIAL SESSIONS

SAMOS XXV plans a 2-Day Summer School as well as various Special Sessions. 

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to contribute to a special issue of the Journal of Parallel Programming (IJPP). This issue will accept papers from all the topics of the SAMOS conference.

TRAVEL GRANTS

The conference will award 10 travel grants to authors and participants, who are students from Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Portugal, and Spain and, in general, to people without support from their organization.