Subject: I2TS'2003 - Call for Papers

From: "Prof Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:20:04 -0300

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CALL FOR PAPERS

I2TS'2003 - International Information and Telecommunication Technologies
Symposium
Florianopolis, SC, Brasil - November 26-29, 2003
http://www.inf.barddal.br/i2ts

IMPORTANT DATES
27 September 2003 Electronic Paper Submission
30 October 2003 Acceptance/Rejection Notification
26-29 November 2003 Symposium in Florianopolis SC Brasil

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
*IEEE Pending Approval
The International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium
(I2TS'2003)
will take place at Barddal University, at Santa Catarina Island, South
Brasil.
I2TS'2003 serves as a forum for people from academia, industry and research
labs,
for presenting recent  research results in Information Technology
Applications.
I2TS'2003 includes Technical Sessions, Tool Sessions, Poster Sessions,
Panels, Tutorials, MiniCourses and Workshops.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of
significance.
Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable.
The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:
 . Information Technology
 . Distributed Information Technology
 . Parallel and Distributed Systems
 . Retrieval Information Technology
.  Optical Networks
.  Computer Networks
.  Software Telecommunication
 . Wireless and Mobile Networking, Computing and Telecommunication
 . Broadband and Telecommunication Networks and Software
 . BioInformatic Technology and Biological Inspired Techniques
 . Software Agent Technology and its Applications
 . Real-Time and Multimedia Systems
.  Modeling and Simulation
 . Security and Privacy
 . Web-Based Systems and their Applications
 . Formal Methods and Validation Techniques
 . Applications and Case Studies

Authors of both regular and tool papers are strongly encouraged to submit
their papers
in electronic form (PDF or PostScript).
Papers should be written in English or Portuguese and should not exceed 8
pages
(see 'Instruction for Authors' in the web page).
Each submission, must be sent to [email-masked] and accompanied by the
following information:
(i) title of the paper;
(ii) authors - names, affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses; and
(iii) abstract.
(i.e., the paper first page in ascii, in the email body)
The proceedings will be published in hard copy and CD-ROM - both with the
same ISBN number.

WORKSHOPS
. III CBComp Best Papers - [email-masked]
. WWS' 2003  -  I Workshop em Computação Distribuída com Serviços Web -
[email-masked]
. I GCHA Grid Computing and High-Availability - [email-masked]
The workshop papers will be published in the conference proceedings in a
dedicated workshops session.

TOOL SESSIONS and POSTER SESSIONS
The tools and poster (abstract) papers will undergo a regular review process
and will be published in the conference proceedings in a dedicated tool and
poster sessions, respectively. Authors are encouraged to submit papers
describing tools suitable for on-line demonstration.
Standard microcomputers will be available for tool sessions.
Required poster size is 1,2 x 0,8 m for the poster sessions.

TUTORIALS and MINI-COURSES
Proposals for half-day or full-day Tutorials/MiniCourses
are solicited on timely topics related to the above areas.
The proposal must include description and biographies.

 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Cláudia Barenco Abbas, UnB University, Brasil
Mohammed Almulla, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Regina Borges de Araújo, UFSCar University, Brasil
Karina Acosta Barbosa, Barddal University, Brasil
Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy
Pedro Luiz Pizzigatti Correa, USP University, Brasil
Teresa Dahlberg, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Mario Dantas, UFSC University, Brasil
Júlio César Hernandez, University Carlos III, Spain
José Antônio Jardini, USP University, Brasil
Helen Karatza, Aristotele University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Mohamed  M. Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Sotiris Nikoletseas, Patras University, Greece
Jeimy José Cano Martinez, University de los Andes, Colômbia
Joberto Sérgio Barbosa Martins, Unifacs University, Brasil
Jaime Velasco Medina, University Del Valle, Colômbia
Alba Cristina Magalhaes Alves de Melo, UnB University, Brasil
Michela Meo, University Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brasil
Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Penna Neto, PUC-PR University, Brasil
Bernardo Goncalves Riso, UFSC University, Brasil
João Bosco Mangueira Sobral, UFSC University, Brasil
Arceloni Volpato, Barddal University, Brasil
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Austrália

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Co-Chairs
   Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal
Program Co-Chairs
   Bernardo Goncalves Riso, UFSC
   Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Penna Neto, PUC-PR
Workshops Co-Chairs
   Anita Maria da Rocha Fernandes, Univali
   Joao Bosco Mangueira Sobral, UFSC
    Mário Dantas, UFSC
Tools Co-Chairs
   Raphael Winckler de Bettio, Barddal
   Valter Oliveira, Barddal
Panels Co-Chairs
   Eduardo Rezende, BrasilTelecom
    Lourdes Alves, Barddal
Posters Co-Chairs
   Patricia Fisch, Barddal
   Saulo Popov Zambiasi, Barddal
MiniCourses Co-Chairs
  Anderson Luiz Fernandes Perez, Barddal
   Maurício Fiorese, Barddal
 Tutorials Co-Chairs
   Karina Acosta Barbosa, Barddal
   Yara Lemr, Barddal
Publicity Co-Chairs
   Marcia Cristina Schiavi Dazzi, Barddal
   Nelson Abu Samra Rahal, Barddal
   Nelson Segoshi, IEEE Sul Brasil
   Rudimar Luís Scaranto Dazzi, Univali
Publication Co-Chairs
   Arceloni Volpato, Barddal
   Jacir Casagrande, Barddal
   Rogério dos Santos Silva, Barddal
Registration Co-Chairs
  Donaldo Pinheiro Jr, Barddal
  Janaína Zandoná Deitos, Barddal
  Márcia Kuhn Arroyo, Barddal
Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
   Francisco Tadeu Negreiros, Barddal
   Ivete Rossato, Barddal
   Jose Newton Perão, Barddal
   Mauricí Dutra, Barddal
Finance Chair
   Dascomb Barddal, Barddal
   José Carlos Matos, Barddal

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