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Call for Papers
International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing
ITCC 2004 April 5-7, 2004, Las Vegas, USA
http://www.itcc.info
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society


Theme
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 refereed by at least two members of the ITCC program committee. The
proceedings, published by IEEE Computer Society, will be available at the time of
the conference.


Tracks
Proposals are solicited 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 will be responsible for advertising,
collecting and reviewing technical articles.  Each track is anticipated  to
include approximately 30 papers.  Track topics could include but not limited to
one of the following areas: Information Retrieval, Operating Systems,  Networks,
Image/Video Processing, Digital Library, Coding & Data Compression,  Watermarking,
Simulation, Computer Graphics, Information Technology: Education, Curriculum &
Accreditation, Information/Website Security, Data Mining & Warehouses  Following
tracks have so far been established:

1. IT Education, Curriculum, & Assessment, E. Regentova UNLV
2. Information Retrieval, N. Goharian, Illinois Institute of Technology
3. Web and IR technologies, A. Spink, University of Pittsburgh
4. Modern Web and Grid Systems, M. Cannataro, University of Magna Graecia of
Catanzaro, Italy
5. Mobile Enterprise: Enabling Technologies and Applications, E. Lawrence, Sydney,
 Australia
6. Online algorithms and Approximations, W. Bein, UNLV
7. Data Mining, R. Heshami, Armstrong Atlantic State University
8. Reconfigurable DSP with applications in IT, N. Bagherzadeh, UC Irvine
9. Data Intensive Applications on Grids, M. Mirto, University of Lecce
10.Wireless Adhoc Sensor Networks, Z.Sahinoglu,Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs
Inc.,Cambridge, USA.
11. Evolutionary Computing and its Appl. in IT, Piotr Sapiecha, Warsaw University
of Technology, Poland
12. Database Technology, M. Garuba, Howard University


Student Best Paper
Student Best Paper will be awarded at the conference. To be eligible,  the student
must be the sole author of the paper, or the first author and primary contributor.
(The winner of the award will present the paper in a plenary session at the
conference). A cover letter to the Program Chair/Track Chair must identify the
paper as a candidate for this competition at the time of submission.


Submission Instruction
Papers should be original contributions of theoretical or experimental nature or
be unique experience reports. Interested authors should send an 8-page summary
including 5 keywords to the Program Chair or one of the Track Chairs (Email
addresses are available at www.itcc.info). Electronic submission is strongly
encouraged.


Keynote Speakers
The conference features three keynote speeches.  The emphasis specially is on
presentations  which address global issues governing information technology as
opposed to those  related to detailed and specific contributions.  Examples of
appropriate topics include Information Technology undergraduate curricula in the
world,  The Impact of  Advances in Information Technology on our Society,
Government Investment in the IT area,  etc. If you wish to nominate a qualified
person as an ITCC keynote speaker, please contact  the General Chair.