Forwarding from Hamid Arabnia ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues: I would be most grateful if you could distribute the appended Call For Papers (for the three conferences - the CFPs are separated with a row of stars, "*") to your colleagues who might be interested. This will be a major international gathering in year 2000. Any help in distributing this announcement would be most appreciated. 1. The 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2000), June 26 - 29, 2000, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 2. The 2000 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST'2000), June 26 - 29, 2000, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 3. The 2000 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'2000), June 26 - 29, 2000, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The above three conferences will be held simultaneously (same location and dates). Other conferences will also be added to the above list. Those interested in organizing technical sessions for any of the above three conferences need to submit a proposal to hra@cs.uga.edu (see below for submission guideline.) The names of session organizers will appear as Associate Editors on the cover of the conference proceedings. Those who would like to become a member of the Program Committee for any of the above conferences are requested to email their short biography to hra@cs.uga.edu. Deadlines: February 28, 2000 (Monday): Draft papers (about 4 pages) due April 3, 2000 (Monday): Notification of acceptance May 1, 2000 (Monday): Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 26 - 29, 2000: PDPTA + CISST + IC-AI Conferences Kindest regards, Hamid R. Arabnia ps. If you have no interest in these conferences and would like your email address be removed from the conference email lists, then please send me a note so that I could have your email removed. *********************************************************************** C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= The 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2000) June 26 - 29, 2000 Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2000) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26 - 29, 2000. The PDPTA'2000 Conference will be held simultaneously (ie, same location and dates) with The International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and technology (CISST) and The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI). The last conference (PDPTA'99) had research contributions from 44 countries (750 participants from all over the world.) It is hoped that PDPTA'2000 will also have a strong international flavor. For information regarding the five most recent PDPTA conferences (PDPTA'95, PDPTA'96, PDPTA'97, PDPTA'98, & PDPTA'99), refer to: http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta (there will soon be a link from the same web site for PDPTA'2000.) You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 4 pages and/or a proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS ON THE COVER OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O Parallel/Distributed applications: Numerical computations/methods, neural networks and fuzzy logic, medicine, remote sensing, GIS, computer vision, computer graphics and virtual reality, parallel/distributed databases, banking, financial markets, ... O Parallel/Distributed architectures: Clusters and parallel systems of various topologies, supercomputers, shared memory, distributed memory, general- and special-purpose architectures, instructional level parallelism, ... O Building block processors: Applications of processors that can be used as basic building blocks for multicomputer systems. O Networks and Interconnection networks: Scalable networks, Reconfigurable networks, routing issues, general-purpose network performance for distributed applications, network protocols, ATM-based systems, internet technology, Optical interconnections and computing, ... O Reliability and fault-tolerance: Software and hardware fault-tolerance (system- and application-level), fault diagnosis, fault-tolerance measurement. O Performance analysis, evaluation, prediction, ... O Real-time and embedded systems: Small-scale parallel systems for high-performance control, data acquisition, and analysis; configuration, routing, scheduling, performance guarantees. O Parallel/Distributed algorithms: Algorithms exploiting clusters and general-purpose distributed and parallel systems, new vector/pipeline issues, shared memory, distributed memory, virtual memory, ... O Mobile computation and communication. O Object Oriented Technology and related issues. O Multimedia Communications, Systems, and Applications: High-speed networking, multimedia architectures and protocols, multimedia applications, quality of service support, operating system and networking support, internet tools and applications, audio/video delivery over the internet, ... O Software tools and environments for parallel and distributed platforms: Operating systems, compilers, languages, debuggers, monitoring tools, software engineering on parallel/ distributed systems, ... O High-performance computing in Computational Science: Intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research programs and applications. O Information and data fusion. O Web-based simulation and computing. O Education: parallel and distributed processing in computer science curriculum (both graduate and undergraduate levels.) O Recent history (1990-1999) of parallel/distributed processing and what to expect during the next decade (2000-2009) if history repeats itself; New horizons. O Other aspects and applications relating to high-performance computations. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft paper (about 4 pages) 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. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS: Each technical session will have at least 6 paper presentations. The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings. After the conference, some sessions will be considered for publication in appropriate journals as Special Issues with the session proposer as the Guest Editor of the journal. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given below); E-mail submissions are preferred. EVALUATION PROCESS: Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. PUBLICATION: The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN). It will be a multivolume set. The proceedings will be available at the conference. Some accepted papers will also be considered for journal publication (soon after the conference). ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS: A number of university faculty members and their staff in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference Division, Las Vegas ), will be organizing the conference. The conference will be sponsored by Computer Science Research, Education, & Applications Press (CSREA: USA Federal EIN # 58-2171953) in cooperation with research centers, international associations, international research groups, and developers of high-performance machines and systems. The complete list of sponsors and co-sponsors will be available at a later time. (Last conference's sponsors included: CSREA, the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment - DOE, The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, The International Technology Institute (ITI), The Java High Performance Computing research group, World Scientific and Engineering Society, Sundance Digitial Signal Processing Inc., the Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech., ...) LOCATION OF CONFERENCE: The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 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, ... EXHIBITION: An exhibition is planned for the duration of the conference. We have reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties should contact H. R. Arabnia (address is given below). All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference. IMPORTANT DATES: February 28, 2000 (Monday): Draft papers (about 4 pages) due April 3, 2000 (Monday): Notification of acceptance May 1, 2000 (Monday): Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 26 - 29, 2000: PDPTA'2000 Conference Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as soon as possible. All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests. OTHER INFORMATION: It is planned to add other related conferences to be held simultaneously (same location and dates) creating an international multiconference. Each conference will have it's own proceedings and technical/research sessions. CONFERENCE CONTACT: 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@cs.uga.edu (A link to PDPTA'2000 web site will soon be available from: http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta) *********************************************************************** C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= The 2000 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST'2000) June 26 - 29, 2000 Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The 2000 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST'2000) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26 - 29, 2000. All aspects of image processing, graphics, and pattern recognition are included in CISST. The CISST'2000 Conference will be held simultaneously (ie, same location and dates) with The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA) and The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI) - (a link for CISST'2000 will soon be available from the PDPTA's site: http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta). You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 4 pages and/or a proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS ON THE COVER OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O Image generation, acquisition, and processing O Image display techniques O Image data structures and databases O Convergence of imaging media (video and computer) O Virtual reality O Image compression, coding, and encryption O Tools for multimedia production and services O Digital imaging for film and television O Visualization O Scene and object modeling O Knowledge acquisition O Visual inspection O Document image understanding O Image algebra O Optical image processing systems O Mathematical morphology O Architecture of imaging and vision systems (including parallel architectures and algorithms) O Neural network techniques and fuzzy logic O Performance analysis and evaluation O Software tools and environments for imaging O Animation O Geometric modeling and Fractals O CAD/CAM systems O Rendering techniques O Applications including: medicine, robotic, GIS, remote sensing, industrial inspection (or machine vision), nondestructive evaluation (or NDE), ... O Multi-resolution and multi-spectral image processing O Image sequence processing O Information fusion O Other aspects and applications relating to imaging science SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft paper (about 4 pages) 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. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS: Each technical session will have at least 6 paper presentations. The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers (recruiting), reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings. After the conference, some sessions will be considered for publication in appropriate journals as Special Issues with the session proposer as the Guest Editor of the journal. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is already known to the session proposer.) Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given below); E-mail submissions are preferred. EVALUATION PROCESS: Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. PUBLICATION: The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN). The proceedings will be available at the conference. Some accepted papers will also be considered for journal publication (after the conference.) ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS: A number of university faculty members and their staff in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference Division, Las Vegas ), will be organizing the conference. The conference will be sponsored by Computer Science Research, Education, & Applications Press (CSREA: USA Federal EIN # 58-2171953) in cooperation with research centers, international associations, international research groups, and developers of high-performance machines and systems. The complete list of sponsors and co-sponsors will be available at a later time. (Last conference's sponsors included: CSREA, the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment - DOE, The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, The International Technology Institute (ITI), The Java High Performance Computing research group, World Scientific and Engineering Society, Sundance Digitial Signal Processing Inc., the Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech., ...) LOCATION OF CONFERENCE: The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 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, ... EXHIBITION: An exhibition is planned for the duration of the conference. We have reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties should contact H. R. Arabnia (address is given below). All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference. IMPORTANT DATES: February 28, 2000 (Monday): Draft papers (about 4 pages) due April 3, 2000 (Monday): Notification of acceptance May 1, 2000 (Monday): Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 26 - 29, 2000: CISST'2000 Conference Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as soon as possible. All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests. OTHER INFORMATION: It is planned to add other related conferences to be held simultaneously (same location and dates) creating an international multiconference. Each conference will have it's own proceedings and technical/research sessions. CONFERENCE CONTACT: 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@cs.uga.edu (A link to CISST'2000 web site will soon be created from: http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta) *********************************************************************** C A L L F O R P A P E R S ============================= The 2000 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'2000) June 26 - 29, 2000 Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The 2000 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26 - 29, 2000. The IC-AI'2000 will be held simultaneously (same location and dates) with The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA) and The International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST). (A link to IC-AI'2000 web site will soon be available from: http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta) You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 4 pages and/or a proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS ON THE COVER OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O. Intelligent Information Systems O. Intelligent Software Engineering O. Intelligent Agents O. Intelligent Networks O. Intelligent Databases O. Brain Models O. Evolutionary Algorithms O. Data mining O. Machine Learning O. Reasoning Strategies O. Automated Problem Solving O. Distributed AI Algorithms and Techniques O. Distributed AI Systems and Architectures O. Expert Systems O. Fuzzy Logic O. Genetic Algorithms O. Heuristic Searching O. Knowledge Acquisition O. Knowledge Discovery O. Knowledge Representation O. Knowledge-Intensive Problem Solving Techniques O. Languages and Programming Techniques for AI O. Software Tools for AI O. Natural Language Processing O. Neural Networks and Applications O. Multisource Information Fusion: Theory and Applications O. Multisource-Multisensor Data Fusion O. Learning and Adaptive Sensor Fusion O. Multisensor Data Fusion Using Neural and Fuzzy Techniques O. Integration of AI with other Technologies O. Evaluation of AI Tools O. Social Impact of AI O. Applications - Computer Vision O. Applications - Signal Processing O. Applications - Military O. Applications - Surveillance O. Applications - Robotics O. Applications - Medicine O. Applications - Pattern Recognition O. Applications - Face Recognition O. Applications - Finger Print Recognition O. Applications - Finance and Marketing O. Applications - Stock Market O. Applications - Education O. Emerging Applications SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft paper (about 4 pages) 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. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS: Each technical session will have at least 6 paper presentations. The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings. After the conference, some sessions will be considered for publication in appropriate journals as Special Issues with the session proposer as the Guest Editor of the journal. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). Mail your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given below); E-mail submissions are preferred. EVALUATION PROCESS: Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. PUBLICATION: The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN). The proceedings will be available at the conference. Some accepted papers will also be considered for journal publication (soon after the conference). ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS: A number of university faculty members and their staff in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference Division, Las Vegas ), will be organizing the conference. The conference will be sponsored by Computer Science Research, Education, & Applications Press (CSREA: USA Federal EIN # 58-2171953) in cooperation with research centers, international associations, international research groups, and developers of high-performance machines and systems. The complete list of sponsors and co-sponsors will be available at a later time. (Last conference's sponsors included: CSREA, the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment - DOE, The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, The International Technology Institute (ITI), The Java High Performance Computing research group, World Scientific and Engineering Society, Sundance Digitial Signal Processing Inc., the Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech., ...) LOCATION OF CONFERENCE: The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 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, ... EXHIBITION: An exhibition is planned for the duration of the conference. We have reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties should contact H. R. Arabnia (address is given below). All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference. IMPORTANT DATES: February 28, 2000 (Monday): Draft papers (about 4 pages) due April 3, 2000 (Monday): Notification of acceptance May 1, 2000 (Monday): Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 26 - 29, 2000: IC-AI'2000 Conference Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as soon as possible. All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests. OTHER INFORMATION: It is planned to add other related conferences to be held simultaneously (same location and dates) creating an international multiconference. Each conference will have it's own proceedings and technical/research sessions. CONFERENCE CONTACT: 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@cs.uga.edu (A link to IC-AI'2000 web site will soon be available from: http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta) ***********************************************************************