Due to an enormous number of requests, the submission deadline for the following conferences have been extended to March 13, 2001. We expect to have about 1,500 conference participants. C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= PDPTA + CISST + IC-AI + IC + CIC Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA June 25-28, 2001 (a link to each of the following conferences and three others is available from http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences Eight conferences are planned to be held simultaneously: same time and location.) 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 Communications in Computing (CIC'2001: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; June 25-28, 2001) Please regard this announcement as General Guidelines. 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. 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.) 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, ... IMPORTANT DATES: Extended - March 13, 2001: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 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)