Fw: Call For Papers: Las Vegas,USA, June 25-28; 2001 Int'l. Conf.; PDPTA+CISST+ICAI+IC+METMBS+ERSA+ISE+CIC

>
> C A L L F O R P A P E R S
> =============================
>
> PDPTA + CISST + IC-AI + IC + METMBS + ERSA + ISE + CIC
> Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
> June 25-28, 2001
> (Submission Deadline: March 1, 2001)
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I would be most grateful if you would distribute this
> announcement for the 2001 International MultiConference
> to your colleagues who might be interested. This will
> be a major international gathering in year 2001.
> It is anticipated that this international event will
> attract about 1500 participants. This MultiConference
> is composed of eight planned international conferences
> that will be held simultaneously (same dates and location).
> Attendees will have full access to all eight conferences.
> You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 5 pages.
> All accepted papers will be published in the respective
> conference proceedings.
>
> The eight conferences are:
> (a link to each conference's URL is available
> from http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences)
>
> 1. The 2001 International Conference on Parallel and
> Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications
> (PDPTA'2001: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; June 25-28, 2001)
>
> 2. The 2001 International Conference on Imaging Science,
> Systems, and Technology
> (CISST'2001: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; June 25-28, 2001)
>
> 3. The 2001 International Conference on Artificial
> Intelligence
> (IC-AI'2001: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; June 25-28, 2001)
>
> 4. International Conference on Internet Computing 2001
> (IC'2001: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; June 25-28, 2001)
>
> 5. The 2001 International Conference on Mathematics and
> Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological
> Sciences
> (METMBS'2001: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; June 25-28, 2001)
>
> 6. The First International Conference on Engineering of
> Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms
> (ERSA'01: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; June 25-28, 2001)
>
> 7. The 2001 International Symposium on Information
> Systems and Engineering
> (ISE'2001: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; June 25-28, 2001)
>
> 8. The 2001 International Conference on Communications
> in Computing
> (CIC'2001: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; June 25-28, 2001)
>
> Please regard this announcement as General Guidelines.
>
>
> MULTICONFERENCES CONTACT (all eight conferences):
> (who then may forward inquiries to respective chairs of
> conferences)
>
> Hamid R. Arabnia
> General Chair, 2001 International MultiConferences
> The University of Georgia
> Department of Computer Science
> 415 Graduate Studies Research Center
> Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A.
>
> Tel: (706) 542-3480
> Fax: (706) 542-2966
> email: hra@cs.uga.edu
>
>
> SCOPE OF PDPTA'2001:
> (The 2001 International Conference on Parallel and
> Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications)
>
> O Parallel/Distributed applications:
> Numerical computations/methods, neural networks and
> fuzzy logic, medicine, remote sensing, GIS, computer
> vision, computer graphics and virtual reality,
> parallel/distributed databases, banking, financial
> markets, ...
> O Parallel/Distributed architectures:
> Clusters and parallel systems of various topologies,
> supercomputers, shared memory, distributed memory,
> general- and special-purpose architectures,
> instructional level parallelism, ...
> O Building block processors:
> Applications of processors that can be used as basic
> building blocks for multicomputer systems.
> O Networks and Interconnection networks:
> Scalable networks, Reconfigurable networks, routing
> issues, general-purpose network performance for
> distributed applications, network protocols, ATM-based
> systems, internet technology, Optical interconnections
> and computing, ...
> O Reliability and fault-tolerance:
> Software and hardware fault-tolerance (system- and
> application-level), fault diagnosis, fault-tolerance
> measurement.
> O Performance analysis, evaluation, prediction, ...
> O Real-time and embedded systems:
> Small-scale parallel systems for high-performance
> control, data acquisition, and analysis; configuration,
> routing, scheduling, performance guarantees.
> O Parallel/Distributed algorithms:
> Algorithms exploiting clusters and general-purpose
> distributed and parallel systems, new vector/pipeline
> issues, shared memory, distributed memory,
> virtual memory, ...
> O Mobile computation and communication.
> O Object Oriented Technology and related issues.
> O Multimedia Communications, Systems, and Applications:
> High-speed networking, multimedia architectures and
> protocols, multimedia applications, quality of service
> support, operating system and networking support,
> internet tools and applications, audio/video delivery
> over the internet, ...
> O Software tools and environments for parallel and
> distributed platforms: Operating systems, compilers,
> languages, debuggers, monitoring tools, software
> engineering on parallel/distributed systems, ...
> O High-performance computing in Computational Science:
> Intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research
> programs and applications.
> O Information and data fusion.
> O Web-based simulation and computing.
> O Education: parallel and distributed processing in
> computer science curriculum (both graduate and
> undergraduate levels.)
> O Distributed Software Architectures
> O Network Management Applications
> O Recent history (1990-2000) of parallel/distributed
> processing and what to expect during the next decade
> (2000-2010) if history repeats itself; New horizons.
> O Other aspects and applications relating to
> high-performance computations.
>
>
> SCOPE OF CISST'2001:
> (The 2001 International Conference on Imaging Science,
> Systems, and Technology)
>
> O Image generation, acquisition, and processing
> O Image display techniques
> O Image data structures and databases
> O Convergence of imaging media (video and computer)
> O Virtual reality
> O Image compression, coding, and encryption
> O Tools for multimedia production and services
> O Digital imaging for film and television
> O Visualization
> O Scene and object modeling
> O Knowledge acquisition
> O Visual inspection
> O Document image understanding
> O Image algebra
> O Optical image processing systems
> O Mathematical morphology
> O Architecture of imaging and vision systems (including
> parallel architectures and algorithms)
> O Neural network techniques and fuzzy logic
> O Performance analysis and evaluation
> O Software tools and environments for imaging
> O Animation
> O Geometric modeling and Fractals
> O CAD/CAM systems
> O Rendering techniques
> O Applications including: medicine, robotic, GIS,
> remote sensing, industrial inspection (or machine vision),
> nondestructive evaluation (or NDE), ...
> O Multi-resolution and multi-spectral image processing
> O Image sequence processing
> O Information fusion
> O Other aspects and applications relating to imaging science
>
>
> SCOPE OF IC-AI'2001:
> (The 2001 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence)
>
> O. Intelligent Information Systems
> O. Intelligent Software Engineering
> O. Intelligent Agents
> O. Intelligent Networks
> O. Intelligent Databases
> O. Brain Models
> O. Evolutionary Algorithms
> O. Data mining
> O. Machine Learning
> O. Reasoning Strategies
> O. Automated Problem Solving
> O. Distributed AI Algorithms and Techniques
> O. Distributed AI Systems and Architectures
> O. Expert Systems
> O. Fuzzy Logic
> O. Genetic Algorithms
> O. Heuristic Searching
> O. Knowledge Acquisition
> O. Knowledge Discovery
> O. Knowledge Representation
> O. Knowledge-Intensive Problem Solving Techniques
> O. Languages and Programming Techniques for AI
> O. Software Tools for AI
> O. Natural Language Processing
> O. Neural Networks and Applications
> O. Multisource Information Fusion: Theory and Applications
> O. Multisource-Multisensor Data Fusion
> O. Learning and Adaptive Sensor Fusion
> O. Multisensor Data Fusion Using Neural and Fuzzy Techniques
> O. Integration of AI with other Technologies
> O. Evaluation of AI Tools
> O. Evolutionary Computation
> O. Social Impact of AI
> O. Applications - Computer Vision
> O. Applications - Signal Processing
> O. Applications - Military
> O. Applications - Surveillance
> O. Applications - Robotics
> O. Applications - Medicine
> O. Applications - Pattern Recognition
> O. Applications - Face Recognition
> O. Applications - Finger Print Recognition
> O. Applications - Finance and Marketing
> O. Applications - Stock Market
> O. Applications - Education
> O. Emerging Applications
>
>
> SCOPE OF IC'2001:
> (International Conference on Internet Computing 2001)
>
> O Web based computing
> O Network Management
> O Design and Analysis of Internet Protocols
> O Network Architectures
> O Performance Evaluation of the Internet
> O Network Computing
> O Network Operating Systems
> O Quality of Service
> O Resource Management and Location
> O Wide Area Consistency
> O Internet Security
> O Internet Applications and Appliances
> O Electronic Commerce
> O The WWW and Intranets
> O Metacomputing
> O Grid based Computing and Tools
> O Languages for Distributed Programming
> O Cooperative Applications
> O Tele-Medical and other applications
> O Internet Telephony
> O Mobile Computing
> O Educational Applications
> O Digital Libraries/Digital Image Collections
> O Web Interfaces to Databases
> O User-interface/Multimedia/Video/Audio/User Interaction
> O Markup Languages/HTML/XML/VRML
> O Java Applications on Internet
> O Social implications/Web history
> O Alternative Web lifestyles, role-playing, chat, ...
> O Caching Algorithms for Internet
> O Traffic Models & Statistics
> O Server Space/Web Server Performance
> O Web Monitoring
> O Web Documents Management
> O Web Site Design and Coordination
> O Advanced Software Tools and Techniques for Internet Applications
> O Architectures for Monitoring & Management of Internet
> Applications
> O Other aspects & applications relating to internet-based computing
>
>
> SCOPE OF METMBS'2001:
> (The 2001 International Conference on Mathematics and
> Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences)
>
> O. Bioinformatics: This includes informatics techniques
> in genomics gene sequencing, gene pattern discovery,
> gene pattern-function studies, and other genomics
> related studies.
> O. Data mining in medicine and biological sciences.
> O. Pattern recognition in medicine and biological sciences.
> O. Signal processing in medicine and biological sciences
> (e.g. biomedical signal processing, etc.)
> O. Image processing in medicine and biological sciences
> (e.g. biomedical image processing, biomedical imaging, etc.)
> O. Medical decision-making.
> O. Medical Physics.
> O. Biomedical Engineering.
> O. Biomedical Electronics.
> O. Biosignal interpretation.
> O. Any application of computers in Medicine and biological
> sciences (protein structure-function analysis, drug and
> protein design, molecular modeling and simulation, etc.)
> O. Application of information technology in biomedicine
> (e.g. medical database management, information retrieval
> and use of computers in hospitals)
> O. Application of Computational Intelligence (artificial
> neural networks, fuzzy logic, and evolutionary computing)
> in medicine and biological sciences.
> O. Medical and bio-computing.
> O. Computer-based medical systems (automation in medicine,
> etc.)
> O. Recent history (1990-2000) of Mathematics and engineering
> techniques in medicine and biological sciences, and what
> to expect during the next decade (2000-2009); New horizons.
> (Review articles.)
> O. Other aspects and applications relating to technological
> advancements in medicine and biological sciences.
>
>
> SCOPE OF ERSA'2001:
> (The First International Conference on Engineering of
> Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms)
> http://www.scism.sbu.ac.uk/ERA/ersa.html
>
> O. Theory, Mapping and Parallelization.
> Mapping algorithms into hardware, space-time mapping and
> synthesis of regular arrays, IP based methods, dataflow
> and functional programming approaches, logical specification
> and verification, developing correct circuits, the impact
> of reconfigurable hardware architectures onto algorithm
> parallelization, biologically inspired methods, ...
> O. System Architectures, Aspects and Evaluation.
> Complex systems using reconfigurable processors, application-
> tailored reconfigurable Systems-on-Chip (SoC), architectures
> of SoCs, adaptive and evolvable systems, rapid system
> prototyping, ...
> O. CAD: Specification, Partitioning and Synthesis.
> Hardware compilation, hardware/software codesign, IP-based
> specification and mapping methods for reconfigurable systems,
> object oriented models and mapping methods, hardware
> description languages, design environments and interfaces, ...
> O. Reconfigurable Hardware Architectures.
> Dynamically reconfigurable hardware architectures,
> reconfigurable processor architectures, compiled
> accelerators, performance evaluation of reconfigurable
> SoCs, application-specific communication interfaces of
> reconfigurable SoCs, low power evaluation and optimization
> of reconfigurable systems, fault-tolerance using
> reconfigurable hardware, trade-offs measurements, ...
> O. Algorithms and Optimization.
> Newly developed algorithms for efficient implementation on
> reconfigurable systems, in hardware, in space and time,
> algorithms for design optimization, ...
> O. Applications.
> Possible applications areas of interest include, but are not
> limited to:
> Classical image and signal processing - digital
> filters, edge and line detection, morphological operators,
> motion and stereo estimation, discrete transformations,
> linear algebra, radar systems, object recognition, ...
> Multimedia and virtual reality - telecommunication, data
> compression, video imaging, image databases, computational
> geometry and computer graphics, software radio, digital
> libraries, genetic databases, ...
> Automotive industry - lane detection and obstacle detection,
> vehicle guidance, traffic systems, object recognition,
> navigation of robots, ...
> Security systems - object recognition and tracking,
> cryptology, Internet and security, ...
>
>
> SCOPE OF ISE'2001:
> (The 2001 International Symposium on Information Systems
> and Engineering)
>
> O. Information Systems Architectures Track:
> Hardware and software architectures for information systems;
> Component- and agent-based designs;
> Object-oriented designs;
> Information systems metrics, testing, reuse, and integration;
> Collaborative architectures;
> Decision support systems;
> Information discovery architectures;
> Autonomous information systems;
> Frameworks for information technologies;
> High performance networks/clusters for information
infrastructures;
> mobile and wireless information systems;
> Middleware architectures and techniques
> (CORBA, JAVA/RMI, DCOM, etc);
> Architectures for interoperability;
> ...
> O. Information Systems Algorithms Track:
> Learning and intelligence algorithms for information systems;
> Knowledge representation and discovery algorithms;
> Multi-agent algorithms;
> Information coordination and collaboration algorithms;
> Algorithms for real-time, noisy and adversarial distributed
> information environments;
> Predictive techniques;
> Reasoning, search, warehousing, and mining;
> Data pre- and post-processing;
> Information exchange and fusion;
> Web query processing and optimization;
> Information network protocols, switching, and routing;
> Performance modeling, analysis, and evaluation of information
> systems;
> Reliability, fault tolerance, security and authentication;
> Information systems profiling and monitoring;
> Out-of-core computing;
> Interoperability of heterogeneous and geographic information
> systems;
> ...
> O. Information Systems Applications Track:
> Multimedia in information systems;
> Electronic and mobile commerce and business;
> Transaction management;
> Content delivery services;
> Telemetry services;
> Technologies for distributed applications;
> Web-based information systems and applications;
> Interoperability applications;
> Service level management;
> Integrated environments and applications;
> Quality of services;
> Integration of legacy applications with new technologies;
> Federated heterogeneous databases;
> ISE education;
> ...
>
>
> SCOPE OF CIC'2001:
> (The 2001 International Conference on Communications in
> Computing)
>
> O. High Performance Applications
> O. Distributed Systems and Advanced Applications
> O. Scalable and Interoperable Systems and Associated Standards
> O. Software Systems
> O. Architectures
> O. Interconnection networks
> O. ATM based networks
> O. Communications
> O. Visualization
> O. Photonics and Optical Computing
> O. Performance Issues
> O. Modeling and Simulation of High Performance Systems
> O. Advanced Compilation Techniques
> O. Programming Languages for Parallel and other High
> Performance Computing Environments
> O. Parallel/Distributed/Vector Algorithms
> O. Reliability and Fault Tolerance
> O. Embedded and Real Time Systems
> O. Digital Signal Processing
> O. Neural Computing, Genetic Algorithms and their applications
> O. Issues in High Performance Computing
> O. Internet technology, Web based processing, E-commerce,
> telecommunication network, cluster-based computing
> O. Computing grid technologies and applications
>
>
> SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
>
> Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies
> of their draft paper (about 5 pages long) to H. R. Arabnia
> (address is given below) by the due date.
> E-mail and Fax submissions are also acceptable. The length
> of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to
> 7 pages. Papers must not have been previously published
> or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
>
> The first page of the draft paper should include:
> title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address,
> E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for
> each author. The first page should also include the
> name of the author who will be presenting the paper
> (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. Also state
> the name of the conference you would like your paper
> to be considered for.
>
>
> PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS:
>
> Each technical session will have at least 6 paper
> presentations. The session chairs will be responsible
> for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting
> papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session
> chairs will appear as Associate Editors on the cover of
> the conference proceedings. After the conference, some
> sessions will be considered for publication in appropriate
> journals as Special Issues with the session proposer as
> the Guest Editor of the journal.
>
> Proposals to organize technical sessions should include
> the following information: name and address (+ E-mail)
> of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of
> the topic of the session, and a short description on
> how the session will be advertised (in most cases,
> session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and
> researchers whose work is known to the session proposer).
> Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given
> below); E-mail submissions are preferred.
>
> Contact H. R. Arabnia, if you would like to organize
> international workshops.
>
>
> EVALUATION PROCESS:
>
> Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance,
> clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by
> two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready
> papers will be reviewed by one person. (ie, all submissions
> are peer-reviewed.)
>
>
> PUBLICATION:
>
> The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA
> Press (ISBN) in hardcopy. The proceedings will be
> available at the conferences site. Some accepted papers
> will also be considered for journal publication (soon
> after the conferences). (In addition to the hardcopy,
> it is also planned to publish the papers on a CD.)
>
>
> ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS:
>
> A number of university faculty members and their staff
> in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference
> Division, Las Vegas ), will be organizing the conferences.
> The conferences will be co-sponsored by Computer Science
> Research, Education, & Applications Press (CSREA: USA
> Federal EIN # 58-2171953) together with research centers,
> international associations, international research groups,
> and developers of high-performance machines and systems.
> The complete list of sponsors and co-sponsors will be
> available at a later time.
> (Previous conferences' sponsors included: CSREA,
> the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the
> Environment - DOE, The International Association for
> Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, The International
> Technology Institute (ITI), The Java High Performance
> Computing research group, World Scientific and Engineering
> Society, Sundance Digitial Signal Processing Inc., the
> Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech., ...)
>
>
> LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:
>
> The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort
> hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel
> with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms.
> The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free
> shuttles to and from the airport. This hotel has many
> vacation and recreational attractions, including:
> waterfalls, casino, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning
> decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades,
> lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment,
> whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms,
> nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants,
> shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are
> open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and
> children. The negotiated hotel's room rate for conference
> attendees is very reasonable (79USD + tax) per night (no
> extra charge for double occupancy) for the duration of
> the conference.
>
> The hotel is within walking distance from most other
> Las Vegas attractions (major shopping areas, recreational
> destinations, fine dining and night clubs, free street
> shows, ...).
> For the benefit of our international colleagues: the
> state of Nevada neighbors with the states of California,
> Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is only a
> few driving hours away from other major cities, including:
> Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Grand Canyon, ...
>
>
> EXHIBITION:
>
> An exhibition is planned for the duration of the conferences.
> We have reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties
> should contact H. R. Arabnia (address is given below).
> All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors
> of the conferences.
>
>
> IMPORTANT DATES:
>
> March 1, 2001 (Thursday): Draft papers (about 5 pages) due
> April 2, 2001 (Monday): Notification of acceptance
> May 1, 2001 (Tuesday): Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due
> June 25 - 28, 2001: PDPTA'2001 + CISST'2001 + IC-AI'2001 +
> IC'2001 + METMBS'2001 + ERSA'2001 +
> ISE'2001 + CIC'2001 Conferences
>
> Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted
> as soon as possible. All accepted papers are expected to be
> presented at the conference.
>
>
> MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:
>
> The Program Committees are currently being formed. Those
> interested in joining the Program Committees should email
> H. R. Arabnia (hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information:
> Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address,
> email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography
> together with research interests.
>
>
> GENERAL CHAIR, THE 2001 MULTICONFERENCE:
>
> Hamid R. Arabnia
> The University of Georgia
> Department of Computer Science
> 415 Graduate Studies Research Center
> Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A.
>
> Tel: (706) 542-3480
> Fax: (706) 542-2966
> E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu
>
> (a link to each conferences' URL is available
> from http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences)
>
Received on Wed Feb 21 11:46:25 2001