CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSION DEADLINE OCTOBER 14, 2002 International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003 SPONSORED BY IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY The Orleans, Las Vegas, Nevada The rapid growth in information science and technology in general and the complexity and volume of multimedia data in particular have introduced new challenges for the research community. Of particular interest is the need for a concise representation, efficient manipulation, and fast transmission of multimedia data. Applications such as space science, tele-medicine, military, and robotics deal with large volumes of data which need to be stored and processed in real time. The ITCC is an international forum which brings together researchers and practitioners working on different aspects of Information Technology. It is a gathering where the latest theoretical and technological advances on Information Technology are presented and discussed. All papers submitted to this conference will be reviewed by at least two members of the ITCC program committee. Digital Image, Video & Audio Processing Information Hiding & Video Streaming Document Image Analysis Data Compression Authentication of Video and Audio Data Multimedia Computing Hybrid Source/Channel Coding Systems Interfacing and Integration Information Databases E-commerce Compressed Data Processing Data Storage Platforms Optical Data Transmission New Architectures for Multimedia Processing Graphics and Video Hardware Error Control Codes Video and Audio Codec Design Enterprise Architectures Enterprise-wide Information Management Pervasive Computing Papers should be original and contain contributions of theoretical or experimental nature, or be unique experience reports. Interested authors should send an 8-page extended summary including 5 keywords to the Program Chair, Pradip K Srimani, Department of Computer Science, Clemson University , Clemson, SC 29634, USA, Voice: + 864 656-7552, Fax: + 864 656-0145, Email: srimani@CS.Clemson.EDU. Electronic submission of pdf files is strongly encouraged. Tracks: ITCC-2003 is soliciting proposals from those who are interested in organizing a track dealing with a specific area of information technology. Track organizers will be members of the program committee and associate editors for the conference proceedings. Track chairs will be responsible for advertizing, collecting and reviewing technical articles. Each track is anticipated to include approximately 30 papers. Please submit your track proposal to the General Chair, Shahram Latifi at latifi@unlv.edu Track topics are not necessarily limited to the topics listed above. Following tracks have already been organized: * IT Education &Curriculum, Emma Regentova, University of Nevada, USA * Modern Web and Hypermedia Systems, Mario Cannataro, University of Calabria, Italy * Web and IR Technologies, Amanda Spink, Pennsylvania State U., USA * Enabling Technolgies, E. Lawrence & B. Garner, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Student Best Paper Award: A Student Best Paper will be awarded at the conference. Papers submitted by students may be considered for the award, which includes full conference registration. To be eligible, the student must be the sole author of the paper, or the first author and primary contributor. A cover letter or email to the Program Chair/Track Chair must identify the paper as a candidate for this competition at the time of the submission. (The winner of the award will present the paper in a plenary speech at the conference) Program Committee , Steering Committee General Chair: Shahram Latifi, ECE, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada Program Chair: Pradip K Srimani, Computer Science, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina Publicity Chair: Henry Selveraj, ECE, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada Finance Chair: Industry Relations Chair: Registration Chair: October 14, 2002 Paper Due November 15, 2002 Author Notification December 10, 2002 Advance Author Registration Note: The Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society. A special issue of an international journal is being planned consisting of selected papers from this conference. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version for the journal.