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I2TS'2005 - 4th International Information and Telecommunication Technologies
Symposium

Santa Catarina Federal University UFSC
Florianópolis, Santa Catarian Island, Brazil, December 14-16, 2005

The International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium
(I2TS'2005) will take place at Federal University of Santa Catarina,
in the beautiful city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina Island, Brazil.
I2TS'2005 serves as an international forum for people
from academia, industry and research labs,
for presenting recent  results in information and telecommunication
technologies research and applications.
I2TS'2005 includes Technical Sessions, Tool Sessions,
Poster Sessions, Tutorials and Workshops.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors are encouraged to submit both
theoretical and practical results of significance.
Demonstration of new tools/applications is welcome.
Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

TELECOMMUNICATION AND WIRELESS NETWORKS
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Mobile Ad Hoc Networks - MANETs
- Wireless Multimedia
- Telecommunication Technology
- Optical Networks and Switching
- Wireless WANs, LANs and PANs (Personal Area Networks)
- Quality of Service
- Mobile wireless network Planning, Management, Control and Monitoring
- Security and Privacy
- Applications and Case Studies

COMPUTER NETWORKS, REAL TIME AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
- Real-Time and Multimedia Systems
- Parallel and Distributed Systems
- Distributed and Mobile Computing
- Distributed Algorithms and Architectures
- Distributed Operating Systems
- Distributed Data Management
- Computer Networks
- P2P and Overlay networks
- Quality of Service
- Network Planning, Management, Control and Monitoring
- Security and Privacy
- Formal Methods
- Applications and Case Studies

DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS, UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
- Large Scale Distributed Interactive Simulation
- Ubiquitous Computing (architectures, systems, human-computer interaction)
- Context aware computing
- Web-Based Systems (architectures, programming models, tools etc)
- Semantic web and ontologies
- Embedded Systems
- Applications and Case Studies
- Collaborative Virtual Environments (Synchronization, Extensibility,
   Persistency, Interoperability, Scalability, Adaptability, Security, etc.)

Authors of regular papers should submit the papers to JEMS
(earlier brazilian EDAS) at
https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/i2ts2005.
The papers should be submitted in electronic form (PDF only).
Papers should be written in English (or in Portuguese)
and should not exceed 8 pages
(see Instruction for Authors in the web page).
The English papers will be published in hard copy;
and the full proceedings (with papers in Portuguese)
will be published in CD-ROM - both with the same ISBN number.

TOOL SESSIONS and POSTER SESSIONS
Authors are encouraged to submit papers
describing tools suitable for on-line demonstration.
Standard microcomputers will be available for tool sessions.
The tool and poster papers (extended abstracts) will undergo
a regular review process and will be published in the conference proceedings
in a dedicated tool and poster sessions, respectively.
Tool and Poster papers should be sent to
mirela@barddal.br.

MINI-COURSES
Proposals for half-day or full-day MiniCourses
are solicited on timely topics related to the above areas.
The proposal must include description and biographies.
The proposals should be sent to
mirela@barddal.br.

IMPORTANT DATES
Full Paper Submission Deadline (English and Portuguese):
October 7th, 2005

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Poster Submission Deadline:
October 7th, 2005

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Tool Paper Submission Deadline:
October 7th, 2005

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MiniCourses Submission Deadline:
October 7th, 2005

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Papers Notification: November 8th, 2005
Camera Ready: November 18th, 2005

GENERAL CHAIRS
João Bosco Mangueira Sobral, UFSC, Brazil
Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brazil

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Antonio Alfredo F. Loureiro, UFMG, Brazil
Edson dos Santos Moreira, ICMC/USP, Brazil
Regina Borges de Araujo, UFSCar, Brazil

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Abbas, Claudia Barenco - UnB - Brazil
Almulla, Mohammed - Kuwait University - Kuwait
Araujo, Regina Borges - UFSCar - Brazil
Benyoucef, Morad - University of Ottawa - Canada
Bononi, Luciano - University of Bologna - Italy
Boukerche, Azzedine - University of Ottawa - Canada
Calamoneri, Tiziana - University of Rome La Sapienza- Italy
Camargo, João Batista - USP - Brazil
Castro, Julio Cesar Hernández - Universidad Carlos III - Spain
Correa, Pedro Luiz Pizzigatti - USP - Brazil
Cruz, Fernando Augusto - UFSC - Brazil
Dantas, Mario - UFSC - Brazil
Dovich, João Cândido - UFSC - Braszil
Fernandes, Lincoln - Barddal - Brazil
Furtado, Olinto José Varela - UFSC
Falqueto, Jovelino - UFSC - Brazil
Fortes, Renata Pontin M. - ICMC/USP - Brazil
Gondim, Paulo Roberto de Lira - UnB - Brazil
Greve, Fabíola Gonçalves Pereira - UFBA - Brazil
Guardia, Hélio Crestana - UFSCar - Brazil
Jardini, José Antonio - USP - Brazil
Karatza, Helen - University of Thessaloniki - Greece
Kurt, Akif - Istanbul University - Turkey
Loureiro, Antonio Alfredo F. - DCC/UFMG - Brazil
Martinez, Jeimy José Cano - Uniandes - Colômbia
Mateus, Geraldo Robson - DCC/UFMG - Brazil
Melo, Alba Cristina Magalhães Alves - UnB Brazil
Min, Geyong - University of Bradford - UK
Moiseichyk, Ana Elizabeth - Barddal - Brazil
Moreira, Edson dos Santos - ICMC/USP - Brazil
Narasimhan, Lakshmi - University of Newcastle - Australia
Nikoleletseas, Sotiris E. - Computer Technology Institute - Greece
Notare, Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni - Barddal University - Brazil
Ould-Khaoua, Mohamed M. - University of Glasgow - UK
Paris, Jehan-François - University of Houston - USA
Pizzolato, Ednaldo Briganti - UFSCar - Brazil
Puttini, Ricardo Staciarini - UnB - Brazil
Siqueira, Frank Augusto - UFSC - Brazil
Sobral, João Bosco Mangueira - UFSC - Brazil
Souza Jr., Rafael Timóteo - UnB - Brazil
Todesco, José Leomar - UFSC - Brazil
Trevelin, Luis Carlos - USCar - Brazil
Villalba, Luis Javier García - Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Spain
Wangham, Michelle - Barddal - Brazil
Zomaya, Albert - University of Sydney - Australia

STEERING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa
Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University

ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa
Antonio Alfredo F. Loureiro, UFMG
Bernardo Gonçalves Riso, UFSC
João Bosco Mangueira Sobral, UFSC
Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Penna Neto, PUC-PR

TOOLS CO-CHAIRS
Kathia Jucá - NPD/UFSC
Mauricio Fiorese, Barddal
Renato Bobson Machado, UNIOESTE/PR

MINI-COURSES AND TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS
John Cleber Jaraceski - PGCC/UFSC
Marcos Henrique dos Santos - CASIN/UFSC

POSTER CO-CHAIRS
Jerusa Marchi, Barddal
Valter Monteiro Oliveira Junior, Barddal

FINANCE CO-CHAIRS
Joao Bosco Mangueira Sobral - UFSC
Jovelino Falqueto - UFSC

PUBLICATION CO-CHAIRS
Rogério dos Santos Silva - Barddal
Sinara de Oliveira Branco - Barddal

REGISTRATION COMMITTEE
Clythia Higa Tamashiro - PPGCC/UFSC
Eder Contri - PPGCC/UFSC
Igor Vinicius Mussoi de Lima - CESUFOZ/UNIAMERICA/PR
Nicolás Curti Chiribao, CASIN/UFSC
Saulo Popov Zambiasi,  Barddal

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
Carla Adriana Barvinski Zanchett, UNIPAR/PR

Cristiano Maciel, UFF
Flavio Arnaldo Braga Da Silva, UEM/PR
Francisco Tadeu Negreiros, Barddal
José Washington de Medeiros, Itaipu/Foz do Iguaçu
Vera Lúcia Lorenset Benedetti - SETREM/RGS

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Departamento de Computação - UFSCar
Departamento de Informática e Estatística - INE/UFSC
Fundação Barddal de Educação e Cultura - BARDDAL
Fundação de Ensino e Engenharia em Santa Catarina - FEESC
Centro Tecnológico da UFSC - CTC/UFSC
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação - PPGCC/UFSC
Centro Acadêmico do Curso de Sistemas de Informação (CASIN/UFSC)

FURTHER INFORMATION
For additional information, please send an e-mail to
Prof.Mirela Secchi Annoni Notare (
mirela@barddal.br)
or Prof. Regina Borges Araujo (
regina@dc.ufscar.br)
Updated conference announcement and information are accessible at the
symposium home page at
www.dc.ufscar.br/i2ts2005