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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.

The best papers will be invited to submit extended versions to national and international journals (e.g. Revista Sistemas de Informacao www.inf.barddal.br/~resi and Revitsta IEEE Latin America R9 http://www.revista_latin_america.pea.usp.br).

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

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