The first Conference of the International Academy of Information Technology and Quantitative Management (ICITQM-I)


May 16-18, 2013

Suzhou, China


The First Conference of International Academy of Information Technology and Quantitative Management (ICITQM-I) is a global forum for exchanging research findings and case studies that bridge the latest information technology and quantitative management techniques. It explores how the use of information technology to improve quantitative management techniques and how the development of management tools can reshape the development of information technology. It covers all topics in the broad ranges of information technology and quantitative management including:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Decision Analysis
  • Group Decision Making & Consensus & Negotiation
  • Multicriteria Decision Making
  • Analytic Hierarchy Process
  • Cluster Computing and Performance
  • Cloud computing
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data Mining and Web Mining
  • Data Warehouse and Applications
  • E-Commerce
  • Electronic Transaction and Payment
  • Information Security
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Digital Library
  • Economic Decisions and Information Systems
  • Enterprise Computing and Evaluation
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Information Ethics and Legal Evaluations
  • Marketing
  • Innovations and management
  • Information Retrieval Systems
  • Information Technology and Organizational Behavior
  • Intelligent Agents Technologies
  • Knowledge Discovery
  • Optimization Techniques
  • Quality Management
  • Reasoning under Uncertainty
  • Web Based Social Networks
  • Recommender Systems
  • Visualization and Decision Making
  • Web Search
  • Website Design and Development
  • Wireless Technology and Performance

Technical exchanges within the research community will encompass invited keynote lectures, special sessions, tutorials and workshops, panel discussions as well as poster presentations. Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to ICITQM-I.

Call for Special Sessions and Workshops


ICITQM-I 2013 Program Committee solicits proposals for special sessions/workshops within the technical scopes of the Congress. Special sessions/Workshops, to be organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. Papers submitted for special sessions/workshops are to be peer-reviewed with the same criteria used for the contributed papers. Proposals should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, biographic and contact information of the organizers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposal to the Special Session Chair: XXXXXXX

Call for Tutorials


ICITQM-I 2013 will also feature pre-Congress tutorials covering fundamental and advanced topics on information technology and quantitative management. A tutorial proposal should include title, outline, expected enrollment, and presenter/organizer biography. We invite you to submit proposals to the Tutorial and Workshop Chair: XXXXXXX

Submission Guidelines


Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers should be at most 8 pages including the bibliography and well-marked appendices, and should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format. Submissions are to be made to the submission web site. Only pdf files will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. Papers must be received by the submission deadline. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Selected best papers will be published in special issues of high quality journals (Int. J. of Information Technology and Decision Making, Annals of Optimization and Data Science, and others that are currently under negotation).

Important Dates:


Special session/Workshop proposal submission deadline: October 1, 2012

Special session/Workshop decision notification: October 15, 2012

Paper submission deadline: December 1, 2012

Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: January 15, 2013

Final Submission and Early Registration due date: February 15, 2013

Tutorial proposal submission deadline: March 1, 2013

Tutorial proposal submission notification: March 15, 2013


Conference Committees


General Chair

Conference Chairs

Organizing Chairs

Program Chair

Special Sessions and Workshops Chair

Tutorial Chair

Publicity Chair

Publications and Proceedings Chair

Program Committee:



We look forward to seeing you in Suzhou, China, in May 2013!!