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CALL FOR PAPERS
* ENGINEERING COMPLEX COMPUTER SYSTEMS *
Thirtieth Annual
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS SCIENCES
HICSS - 30
Maui, Hawaii, January 7-10, 1997
Papers are invited for the Minitrack on ENGINEERING COMPLEX COMPUTER SYSTEMS
as part of the Advanced Technology track at the Hawaii International
Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
1. PURPOSES
Modern computer systems and applications embody many different
characteristics and properties that are currently addressed, studied, and
optimized independently. Nevertheless, although it is of basic importance to
focus on these aspects independently, as a whole these properties feature a
complex interrelationship, and thus a higher-level view of the complete
project becomes mandatory.
While perhaps some of the earlier computer systems could be described,
designed and implemented with a particular focus on one objective (such as
fault-tolerance or timeliness), or using a single method (such as Structured
Programming), it is very questionable whether such modern and future
applications can be. Nowadays almost all electronic products are becoming more
and more software based: complex computer systems are becoming common in many
sectors, such as manufacturing, communications, defense, transportation,
aerospace, hazardous environments, energy, health care, etc. These systems
feature a number of different characteristics (such as distributed processing,
heterogeneous computational paradigms, high speed networks, novel bus systems,
or special-purpose hardware enhancements in general) and performance
requirements (such as real-time behavior, fault tolerance, security,
adaptability, development time and cost, long life concerns). The concurrent
satisfaction of the systems requirements have a considerable impact on the
hardware characteristics and vice-versa. The analysis of the complete project,
as a whole, is a major point in the design of the computer system itself and
plays a basic role throughout the entire system life.
The ECCS Minitrack will bring together industrial, academic, and
government experts from these various disciplines, to determine how the
disciplines' problems and solution techniques interact within the whole
system. Researchers, practitioners, tool developers and users, and technology
transition experts are all welcome.
2. ADDRESSED TOPICS:
Papers are solicited on all major aspects of ECCS including specifying,
designing, prototyping, building, testing, operating, maintaining, and
evolving of complex computer systems, including:
* Software engineering, re-engineering, reverse engineering
* Complex real-time architectures, tools, environments and languages
* AI and intelligent systems
* Database and data management
* Dependable real-time systems
* Virtual reality, multimedia, real-time imaging
* Algorithms, optimization and analysis
* Analytical techniques
* Megaprogramming, visual programming
* Performance estimation, prediction and optimization
* Prototyping and testing techniques
* Formal methods and formal specification techniques
* Hardware/software co-design
* Communications, networking, mobile computing
* Highly heterogeneous, distributed and parallel platforms
* Case studies and project reports
3. MINITRACK COORDINATORS
Alberto Broggi Alexander D. Stoyenko
Dip. Ingegneria dell'Informazione Real-Time Computing Laboratory, CIS
Universita` di Parma New Jersey Institute of Technology
I-43100 Parma, Italy Newark, New Jersey 07102 USA
Fax: +39 - 521 905723 Fax: (201) 596-5777
Email: broggi@CE.UniPR.IT Email: alex@vulcan.njit.edu
Papers should be submitted to:
Alberto Broggi
HICSS'97 ECCS Coordinator
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
Universita` di Parma, Viale delle Scienze
I-43100 Parma, Italy
4. FURTHER AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION:
Further information about the ECCS Minitrack are available at the
following WWW address:
http://WWW.CE.UniPR.IT/hicss/eccs
If you wish to receive automatic updates about this event, please send
Email to:
broggi@CE.UniPR.IT
indicating "ECCS" as subject.
* INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS:
1. Submit 6 (six) copies of the full paper, consisting of 20 - 25 pages
double-spaced including title page, abstract, references and diagrams
directly to the minitrack coordinator.
2. Do not submit the paper to more than one minitrack. The paper should
contain original material and not be previously published or currently
submitted for consideration elsewhere.
3. Each paper must have a tile page which includes the title, full name of
all authors, and their complete addresses including affiliation(s),
telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es).
4. The first page of the paper should include the title and a 300-word
abstract.
* DEADLINES:
March 15, 1996: Abstracts submitted to track coordinators for guidance and
indication of appropriate content: authors unfamiliar with HICSS or those
who wish additional guidance are encouraged to contact any coordinator to
discuss potential papers.
June 1, 1996: Full papers submitted to the appropriate track, or
minitrack coordinator.
August 31, 1996: Notification of accepted papers mailed to authors.
October 1, 1996: Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready , sent to minitrack
coordinators; one author from each paper must register by this time.
November 15, 1996: All other registrations must be received. Registrations
received after this deadline may not be accepted due to space limitation.
* CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
The conference Proceedings are published and distributed by IEEE Computer
Society.
The ENGINEERING COMPLEX COMPUTER SYSTEMS Minitrack is part of the Advanced
Technology. For more information on the Advanced Technology Track contact:
Ralph H. Sprague, Jr.
E-mail: sprague@hawaii.edu
Voice: (808) 956-7082
Fax: (808) 956-9889
* OTHER CONFERENCE TRACKS
There are three other majors tracks in the conference: Software, Digital
Documents, and Information Systems. The Information Systems Track has several
minitracks that focus on a variety of research topics in Collaboration
Technology, Decision Support and Knowledge-Based Systems, and Organizational
Systems and Technology. For more information on the other tracks, please
contact:
Software Technology Track:
Hesham El-Rewini rewini@unocss.unomaha.edu
Digital Documents Track:
M. Stuart Lynn msylnn@ucop.edu
Information Systems Track:
Ralph H. Sprague, Jr. sprague@hawaii.edu
Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr. nunamaker@bpa.arizona.edu
Eileen Dennis (Track Assistant) edennis@uga.cc.uga.edu
The purpose of HICSS is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas,
research results, development activities, and applications among academicians
and practitioners in computer-based systems sciences. The conference consists
of tutorials, advanced seminars, presentations of accepted papers, open forum,
tasks forces, and plenary and distinguished guest lectures. There is a high
degree of interaction and discussion among the conference participants because
the conference is conducted in a workshop-like setting.
For more information on the conference, please contact the conference
coordinator:
Barbara Edelstein
College of Business Administration
University of Hawai'i
2404 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
Voice: (808) 956-3251
Fax: (808) 956-9685
E-mail: hicss@hawaii.edu
or visit the World Wide Web page: http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/hicss