Can you please share the announcement below with those who may be interested? I would be most grateful. Thank you in advance, Hamid R. Arabnia, PhD. Professor, Computer Science Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) University of Georgia, USA ----- Call For Papers The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing WORLDCOMP'07 Date and Location: June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, USA Academic Sponsors: Research Labs at MIT, Harvard, Purdue, Univ. of Texas at Austin, ... Paper Submission Deadline: February 20, 2007 Dear Colleagues: You are invited to submit a draft/full paper for consideration. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'07) is composed of the following 25 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: June 25-28, 2007, USA). o The 2007 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications (GCA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods (GEM'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality (CGVR'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Multimedia Systems and Applications (MSA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services (SWWS'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'07) o The 2007 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'07) o The 2007 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'7) (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/worldcomp07) Coordinator/General Chair: H. R. Arabnia, PhD Professor, Computer Science Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA email: hra@cs.uga.edu Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft/full paper (about 5 to 8 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 20, 2007 (hra@cs.uga.edu). E-mail submissions in MS Doc or PDF formats are preferable (postal mail submissions are also fine.) All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.) The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) 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, email address, and telephone number for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to must be stated on the first page. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts in the field who are independent of the conference program committee. The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of the program committee who will recommend a decision to the chair of the track that the paper has been submitted to. The track chair will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee. Members of Program and Organizing Committees: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; artificial intelligence; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) Many members of the program committee for individual conferences include renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of large research laboratories, IEEE Fellows, heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts. Each committee also includes two Student Members (in their final stages of their PhD programs) who are identified as such. Refer to the conference web sites for the list of members of program committee. Co-Sponsors (a partial list): Academic Co-Sponsors of WORLDCOMP'07 include: - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Laboratory, MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Statistical Genomics and Computational Biology Laboratory, Department of Statistics, Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) - Statistical and Computational Intelligence Laboratory of Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) - University of Iowa's Medical Imaging HPC Lab (Iowa City, Iowa) - Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia); Other Co-sponsors include: - HPCwire - GRIDtoday - STEM Education Society - HPCSoft, HPC Software Inc. - International Technology Institute (ITI) - H2cM - Hodges' Health, UK 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 airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), nightly shows, snack bars, many restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and children. The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (major shopping areas, night clubs, free street shows, Golf courses, ...). Purpose / History: This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Many of the 25 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective fields. Most of these conferences have been evaluated and determined to be top tier research conferences (see http://www.cs-conference-ranking.org/index.html for an example). We anticipate to have 2000 or more attendees from over 75 countries participating in the 2007 joint conferences. The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The model used to form these annual conferences facilitates communication among researchers from all over the world in different fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during the conferences. Important Dates: Feb. 20, 2007: Submission of full/draft papers (about 5 to 8 pages) March 20, 2007: Notification of acceptance April 20, 2007: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due June 25-28, 2007: The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'07 - 25 joint conferences)