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==================================================================== * Call for Papers * * * * AICCSA-07 * * 2007 ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and * * Applications, AICCSA .2007 * * May 13-16, 2007, Amman, Jordan * * Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, Arab Computer Society, and * * Philadelphia University, Jordan * * * * http://www.philadelphia.edu.jo/aiccsa2007 * * * ====================================================================
The fifth ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-07) will be held in Amman, Jordan in May 2007. This is an ideal time to be in Jordan and the Middle East. AICCSA is the premier Computer Science and Engineering Conference in the Middle East and North Africa. Authors are invited to submit papers describing new advances in computer systems and their applications. We welcome papers that are theoretical, conceptual, descriptive in nature, or a survey of the state of the art
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ================================================== Algorithms and Bioinformatics Database and Data Mining Embedded Systems and Applications e-Learning GIS/GNSS Methodologies and Applications Modeling and Simulation Multimedia and Digital Watermarking Networking and Wireless Technology Neural Networks and Adaptive Learning Parallel and Distributed Systems Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Performance Evaluation Security and Information Assurance Software Engineering and Applications VLSI Circuits and Systems Important Dates Paper and Poster Submissions: September 30, 2006 Workshop, Tutorial, Panel Submissions: September 30, 2006 Notification of acceptance: December 4, 2006 Camera ready copy due: January 16, 2007 Author Registration: January 16, 2007
Proceedings =========== Papers selected for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and be available at IEEE XploreTM. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for possible publication in scholarly journals.
Submission Guidelines Regular Papers ==================================== Papers must be submitted electronically by September 30, 2006. Each paper will be evaluated by at least three reviewers, and will be accepted based on its originality, significance and clarity. Papers must not exceed 6,000 words or 20 pages double spaced 10-12-point font. Papers must not be published or under consideration to be published elsewhere.
Short Papers ============ Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short papers.
Posters and Doctoral Symposium ============================== Research still in early stages and doctoral research proposals may be submitted as extended abstracts that must not exceed 750 words. Accepted abstracts will be included in a special poster session dedicated to doctoral research proposals and related research. Extended abstracts should be submitted directly to the Posters Chairs.
Workshop, Tutorial and Panel Submissions ======================================== Proposals for workshops, tutorials and panels should be submitted directly to the appropriate chair.
Travel Note ============ Quen Alia International Airport in Amman is about 20 miles from the center of Amman. We are negotiating with airlines for special rates for conferences participants.
General Chair ============= Mohammad S. Obaidat: Monmouth University, NJ, USA
Vice General Chair ================== Mohamed Bettaz: Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan
Program Chairs ============== Krys Pawlikowski: University of Canterbury,New Zealand Pascal Lorenz: University of Haute Alsace, France Jose Marzo: University of Girona, Spain
Tutorials and Panels Chair ========================== Franco Davoli: University of Genoa, Italy
Workshops Chair =============== Vojislav Misic: University of Manitoba, Canada
Posters Chairs ============== Imad Mahgoub: Florida Atlantic University, USA Richard Green: University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Conference Secretariat ====================== Raed Abu Zitar: Philadelphia University, Jordan (Director) Hala Mahfoodh: Philadelphia University, Jordan Rawan Abu Lail: Philadelphia University, Jordan
International Program Committee =============================== H. Al-Ahmad, Etisalat University College, UAE A. Aimeur, University of Montreal, Canada K. Al-Tawil, NIC, Saudi Arabia A. Altintas, Bilkant University, Turkey W. Aref, Purdue University, USA M. Bettayeb, University of Sharjah, UAE N. Boudriga, Crathage University, Tunisia H. Cam, Arizona State University, USA V. Devedzic, University of Belgrade, Serbia J. Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setbal, Portugal M. Freire, University of Beira Interior, Portugal E. Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK S. Habib, Kuwait University, Kuwait J. Harju, Tampere University of Technology, Finland H. Hassanein, Queens University, Canada M. Ismail, Ohio State University, USA A. Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia M. Kappes, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany H. Karatza, Aristotle University, Greece J. Konorski, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland P. Krishnan, Bond University, Australia J-S Li, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan J. Luis Sevillano, University of Seville, Spain Kia Makki, Florida International University, USA Kami Makki, University of Toledo, USA D. Magoni, University of Strasbourg, France M. Marchese, University of Genoa, Italy J. Misic, University of Manitoba, Canada T. Mitrovic, University of Canterbury, New Zealand H. Mouftah, University of Ottawa, Canada B. Mukherjee, University of California-Davis, USA J. Oommen, Carleton University, Canada M. Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, UK G. Papadimitriou, Aristotle University, Greece J. Polgar, Monash University, Australia V. Rego, Purdue University, USA B. Sadoun, Al-Balqa. Applied University, Jordan H. Sarbazi-Azad, Sahrif Univeristy, Iran N. Shilov, NIIS, Russia H. Szczerbicka, Univeristy of Hannover, Germany H. Tode, Osaka University, Japan A. Uhrmacher, University of Rostock, Germany
Steering Committee ================== H. Ammar, West Virginia University, USA S. Hariri, University of Arizona, USA (Chair) N. Mansour, Lebanese American University, Lebanon A. Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia H. El-Rewini SMU, USA
International Publicity Committee ================================= Guoping Zeng (Chair), Nortel Networks, USA Pere Vila, University of Girona, Spain Su Tang, Auckland University, New Zealand Rachid E. Khayari, UNIBW-Munich, Germany Mohammed Al-Mualla, Etisalat University College, UAE Essia H. Elhafsi, University of California-Riverside, USA Ali Al-Dahoud, Al-Zaytoona University, Jordan Ahmad Dalal'ah, JUST, Jordan
Industry Liaisons ================= Mazen Jumah, Philadelphia University, Jordan Adnan Sharif, Philadelphia University, Jordan
Webmaster ========= Waleed Jayyousi, Philadelphia University, Jordan
-- Mr. Pere Vila Publicity Committee pere.vila@udg.es