CALL FOR PAPERS
I2TS'2006 - 5th International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, December 06-08, 2006
The International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium (I2TS'2006) at Cuiabá city,in the paradisiac Pantanal (South Amazonia), Brazil. I2TS'2006 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'2006 includes Technical Sessions, Tool Sessions, Poster Sessions and Mini-coursers.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications are welcome.
The papers should be submitted in electronic form (PDF only) by JEMS system (Brazilian EDAS) at https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/i2ts2006.
The length of the papers are as follows: Full papers: 8 pages (IEEE Two Column Format) Short papers: 4 pages (IEEE Two Column Format) - research in progress Posters and Tools: 2 pages (IEEE Two COlumn Format) See Instruction for Authors in the web page.
The English papers will be published in hard copy and CD-ROM; the portuguese papers will be published in CD-ROM only (same ISBN). Best papers will be invited to submit extended version to IEEE-R9 LatinAmerica and RESI magazines.
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
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 - 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 - Criminal in the Internet and Electronic Justice - Tools for Computational Forensic - Applications and Case Studies - Collaborative Virtual Environments (Synchronization, Extensibility, Persistency, Interoperability, Scalability, Adaptability, Security)
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 will undergo a regular review process and will be published in the conference proceedings in a dedicated tool and poster sessions, respectively.
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 short-biographies.
IMPORTANT DATES Paper/Poster/ToolMiniCourses Submission Deadline: October 15th, 2006 Authors Notification: November 18th, 2006 Camera Ready/Paper Registration: November 25th, 2006
Sponsored by: UFSC-INE - Federal University of Santa Catarina UNIVAG - Varzea Grande University BARDDAL - Barddal University CEFET-MT - Federal Technical Center IEEE-R9 - IEEE Region9 - LatinAmerica
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Azzedine Boukerche - University of Ottawa - Canada João Bosco Mangueira Sobral - UFSC - Brazil
TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Antonio Alfredo F. Loureiro - UFMG - Brazil Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare - Barddal University - Brazil
PROGRAM COMMITTEE Abbas, Claudia Barenco - UnB - Brazil Aguiar, Einstein Lemos de - UFMT - Brazil Almulla, Mohammed - Kuwait University - Kuwait Araujo, Regina Borges - UFSCar - Brazil Benyoucef, Morad - University of Ottawa - Canada Breunig, Adriano - CEFET-MT - Brazil 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, Ghilson Ramalho - CEFET-MT - Brazil Correa, Pedro Luiz Pizzigatti - USP - Brazil Cruz, Fernando Augusto da Silva - UFSC - Brazil Dantas, Mario Antônio Ribeiro - INE/UFSC - Brazil Gondim, Paulo Roberto de Lira - UnB - Brazil Fortes, Renata Pontin M. - ICMC/USP - Brazil Filho, Bartolomeu Uchôa - EEL/UFSC, Brazil Greve, Fabíola Gonçalves Pereira - UFBA - Brazil Guardia, Hélio Crestana - UFSCar - Brazil Ionescu, Dan - University of Ottawa - Canada Jardini, José Antonio - USP - Brazil Karatza, Helen - University of Thessaloniki - Greece Kurt, Akif - Istanbul University - Turkey Martinez, Jeimy José Cano - Uniandes - Colômbia Martins, Ronan Marcelo - CEFET-MT - Brasil Mateus, Geraldo Robson - DCC/UFMG - Brazil Mello, Rodrigo Fernandes - ICMC/USP - Brazil Melo, Alba Cristina Magalhães Alves - UnB Brazil Min, Geyong - University of Bradford - UK 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 Oliveira, Ruy - CEFET-MT - Brazil Ould-Khaoua, Mohamed M. - University of Glasgow - UK Pacheco, Roberto - UFSC - Brazil Paris, Jehan-François - University of Houston - USA Penna, Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Neto - PUC/PR - Brazil Pizzolato, Ednaldo Briganti - UFSCar - Brazil Puttini, Ricardo Staciarini - UnB - Brazil Riso, Bernardo Gonçalves - UFSC - Brazil Rocha, Carlos Aurelio Faria da - EEL/UFSC - Brazil Silva, Jorge Sá - DEI/UC - Portugal Sklavos, Nicolas - Technological Educational Institute of Messolonghi - Greece Sobral, João Bosco Mangueira - UFSC - Brazil Souza, Patrícia Cristiane de - UFMT - Brazil Souza Jr., Rafael Timóteo - UnB - 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
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Lucas Guardalben - PPGCC-UFSC - Brazil Joelson de Alencar Degaspari - PPGCC-UFSC - Brazil Claudio José Biazus - PPGCC-UFSC - Brazil Igor Vinicius Mussoi de Lima - PPGCC-UFSC - Brazil Mario Pereira Guitte -UNIVAG - Brazil Rosana Ravache - UNIVAG - Brazil Márcia Ribeiro - UNIVAG - Brazil Kenji Kido - UNIVAG - Brazil Koga, Miguel - UNEMAT - Brazil
LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR Fernando Marcos Bonnemasou Moreira de Castilho - UNIVAG - Brazil
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Francisco J. A. de Aquino, EEL-UFSC - Brazil Cristiano Maciel - IC-UFF/RJ - Brazil Renato Bobsin Machado - UNIOESTE/PR - Brazil João Paulo Delgado Preti - CEFET/MT - Brazil Metuzalen Gonçalves Silva - UNEMAT - Brazil Robson Gomes de Melo - UNEMAT - Brazil
ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE Azzedine Boukerche - University of Ottawa - Canada Antonio Alfredo F. Loureiro - UFMG - Brazil Bernardo Gonçalves Riso - UFSC - Brazil Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Penna Neto - PUC/PR - Brazil
STEERING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Azzedine Boukerche - University of Ottawa - Canada Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare - Barddal University - Brazil
FURTHER INFORMATION For additional information, please send an e-mail to Prof. Mirela Secchi Annoni Moretti Notare (mirela@barddal.br) or Prof. Prof. João Bosco Mangueira Sobral (bosco@inf.ufsc.br)
Updated conference announcement and information are accessible at the symposium home page at www.inf.ufsc.br/i2ts2006.
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