CALL FOR PAPERS
ENGINEERING COMPLEX COMPUTER SYSTEMS MINITRACK
part of the Emerging Technologies Track of the 31st Annual
Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS)
Big Island of Hawaii, HI - January 6-9, 1998
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Papers are invited for the Minitrack on ENGINEERING COMPLEX COMPUTER SYSTEMS
as part of the Emerging Technologies Track at the Hawaii International
Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
* PURPOSES:
Nowadays 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, at its second year at HICSS, 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.
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.
* ADDRESSED TOPICS:
Papers are solicited on all major aspects of ECCS including:
- Real-time architectures, tools, environments and languages
- AI and intelligent systems
- Database and data management
- Virtual reality, multimedia, real-time imaging
- Algorithms, optimization and analysis
- 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
* MINITRACK COORDINATORS
ALBERTO BROGGI
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, University of Parma,
I-43100 Parma, Italy, Fax: +39 521 905723, Email: a.broggi@computer.org
MIKE HINCHEY
Real-Time Computing Laboratory, CIS, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey 07102 USA, Email: michael.hinchey@ul.ie
ALEXANDER D. STOYEN
President & CEO, 21st Century Systems, Inc., 420 Hardscrabble Road
Chappaqua, NY 10514-3030, Email: alex@21csi.com
* FURTHER AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION:
The Engineering Complex Computer Systems Minitrack is part of the Emerging
Technologies Track. There are several minitracks that focus on a variety of
research topics in this track. For more information contact:
Track chair: .................. Ralph H. Sprague, Jr., sprague@hawaii.edu
Track Administrator: .......... Eileen Dennis, edennis@uga.cc.uga.edu
Phone: (706) 613-7807, Fax: (706) 542-3743
Further information about the ECCS Minitrack is available via WWW:
http://www.ce.unipr.it/hicss
* INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS:
1. Submit 6 (six) copies of the full paper, consisting of 20-25 double
spaced typewritten pages including title page, abstract, references,
and diagrams directly to:
ALBERTO BROGGI
HICSS'98 ECCS Minitrack Coordinator
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
Universit`a di Parma, I-43100 Parma, Italy
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, their complete address(es) including affiliation(s),
telephone number(s) and Email address(es).
4. The first page of the paper should include the title and a 300-word
abstract.
* DEADLINES:
MARCH 15, 1997:
300-word abstract submitted to track chairs or minitrack chairs for
guidance and indication of appropriate content. The submission of the
abstract is not mandatory.
JUNE 1, 1997: (Strict deadline)
Full papers submitted to Alberto Broggi.
AUGUST 31, 1997:
Notification of accepted papers mailed to authors.
OCTOBER 1, 1997:
Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, sent to Alberto Broggi;
author(s) must register by this time.
NOVEMBER 15, 1997:
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 by IEEE Computer Society.
* BEST PAPER
An extended version of the best paper presented within the ECCS Minitrack
will be published in the Newsletter of the IEEE Technical Committee on
Complexity in Computing (TCCX).
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* OTHER CONFERENCE TRACKS:
Other tracks included at HICSS this year are listed below. For more
information about these tracks, please contact the Track Chair or check the
HICSS web page for full listing of the minitracks.
- Collaboration Technology
Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr., nunamaker@bpa.arizona.edu
- Digital Documents
Ralph H. Sprague, Jr. sprague@hawaii.edu
- Emerging Technologies
Ralph H. Sprague, Jr. sprague@hawaii.edu
- Internet and the Digital Economy
Bob Blanning, blannirw@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
Dave King, dave@comsahre.com
- Modeling Technologies and Intelligent Systems
Dan Dolk, 0541p@vm1.cc.nps.navy.mil
- Organizational Systems and Technology
Hugh Watson, hwatson@uga.cc.uga.edu
- Software Technology
Hesham El-Rewini, rewini@cs.unomaha.edu
For more information, visit the HICSS Web site at:
http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/hicss
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Conference Chairman: Ralph H. Sprague, Jr,
Conference Coordinator: HICSS-31 Conference Office,
College of Business Administration,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu
Phone: (808) 956-3251 Fax: (808) 956-9685
Email: hicss@hawaii.edu
Conference Venue: The Orchid at Mauna Lani
One North Kaniku Drive, Kohala Coast, Hawai