Dear all,
Attached the agenda for our meeting in Cape Town. Will all of those planning
to attend the meeting please fill in the form. (Even if you have indicated
previously that you will attend - this is to make it official.
Please go to http://www.gov.za/structure/samissions/ for detailsre the SA's
overseas offices where you can enquire re visas, etc.
Please note that Cape Town was voted as one of the most popular tourist
cities in the world and it will therefore be advisable to allow time in
order for you to experience the beauty of Cape Town and it's surroundings.
You can do all your additional tourist bookings via the travel agent listed
in the attached programme.
We will be staying at the Break Water Lodge in the Waterfront where the TC6
meeting will take place.
See the following site for a pictorial tour of Cape Town:
http://www.ctcc.gov.za/
Below are a number of other web sites that will stimulate your interest:
http://wildnetafrica.comhttp://www.africantravel.comhttp://www.africam.comhttp://www.travel.co.zahttp://www.flysaa.com
Please book early.
Thanks and see you in Cape Town.
Koos
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Prof. Koos Koen
Wits Business School
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa.
E-Mail: koen.k(a)wbs.wits.ac.za or koos(a)knowinter.com
Tel: +27(0)824436430 Fax: +27(0)821314436430
http://www.wits.ac.za/wbs/
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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
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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(a)cs.uga.edu
(a link to each conferences' URL is available
from http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences)
Dear Colleague,
Please find attached the Advanced Technologies, Applications and Market
Strategies
for 3G (ATAMS'2001) Call for Papers.
We apologise in advance if you receive multiple copies.
Regards,
Andrzej R. Pach
Chair
************************** ATAMS '2001 *****************************
* Advanced Technologies, Applications and Market Strategies for 3G *
* Cracow, Poland, June 18-20, 2001 *
* http://ATAMS2001.kt.agh.edu.pl *
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Supported by ************************************************
* The European Commission *
* Directorate-General Information Society *
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The wireless personal communications world is at the dawn of next
revolutionary step forward. From initial voice and low-speed data
services it is jumping into a new environment. Broadband 3G wireless
service platforms offer a significant leap in types of information
available to end users, offering a multitude of new services.
The possibilities of video on demand, multimedia, unlimited Internet
access, distant learning etc. will be life changing. Network operators
are investing billions today in licences, infrastructure, and
strategic plans. The robust business cases and marketing strategies
should be prepared for 3G systems. There are many questions that need
to be answered including: what will be the 2G to 3G migration roadmap,
how to interwork existing services with 3G networks, what will be
commercial drivers for new services and sources for revenue?
To answer these questions and many others the following areas have
been selected as the primary categories for paper submission:
Enabling Technologies and Infrastructure:
Ą Advances in 3G mobile terminals
Ą Software radio
Ą Smart & phased array antennas
Ą Technology evolution of 3G wireless systems
Ą Evolution towards a common IP-based backbone network
Ą Support of previous generations in 3G networks
3G networks deployment:
Ą 3G Vision & drivers
Ą Cost effective deployment of 3G networks
Ą UMTS Network Performance optimisation
Ą Migration plans
Ą Overlay and replacement considerations
Ą 3G impact on existing telecommunications infrastructure
Ą Spectrum sharing of 2G and 3G
Ą 3G network deployment scenarios
Services:
Ą 3G services vision
Ą Global roaming
Ą High-speed Internet access
Ą Video conferencing and multimedia
Ą M-commerce
Ą Impact of service type on cell capacity
Standardisation:
Ą Current 3G standardisation status
Ą Standard comparison: W-CDMA, cdma2000, UWC-136, WP-CDMA
Ą Regulatory/Political/Patent issues
Business opportunities:
Ą User acceptance
Ą 3G market forecasts
Ą Sources for revenue
Ą Business case for 3G network deployment
IMPORTANT DATES:
First call for papers: 15.11.2000
Extended abstracts due: 15.03.2001
Confirmation of acceptance: 15.04.2001
Camera ready papers due: 15.05.2001
ATAMS Conference: 18-20.06.2001
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Hamid Aghvami, King's College London, UK
Marian Dabrowski, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Poland; Elektrim S.A., Poland
Cengiz Evci, Alcatel, France
Bosco Fernandes, Siemens, Germany
Peter Gould, Multiple Access Communications Ltd., UK
Lajos Hanzo, University of Southampton, UK
Andrzej Jajszczyk, AGH University of Technology, Poland
Jorge M. Pereira, EC, Belgium
Bernhard Plattner, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Ramjee Prasad, Aalborg University, Denmark
Joao Schwarz Da Silva, EC, Belgium
Walter HW Tuttlebee, Mobile VCE, UK
Fiona Williams, Ericsson, Sweden
Adam Wolisz, TU Berlin, Germany
Submit an extended abstract to mailto:atams2001@kt.agh.edu.pl
Dear TC6 members,
I am pleased to inform you that the India Computer Society nominated a
new representative for TC6.
His coordinates are as follows:
Mr. Sunil Dutt Jha
CEO, Internet Component Management Group
50, Queens Road
Bangalore -560051, India
Email: sunil.dutt(a)icmg.nu
Could Otto and Herbert please update our database and mailing list?
Best regards
Augusto Casaca
Dear colleagues,
the deadline for the Call for Papers is expiring during these days.
Originally the organisers were a little concerned about the fact that it
is a new event to be established against many competitors. Nevertheless,
we were hoping to succeed, mostly because of the very high reputation of
the programme committe members and the attractive place to go.
We can now tell you that we have significantly more than 100 submissions
- and from a quick look at the authors, we can estimate that there will
be a sufficient number of high quality papers to fill a two days
conference, hopefully in even two parallel tracks.
You will very soon get information about the reviewing procedure.
Best regards,
the program chairs.