------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE ISCIS 2008 23rd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences October 27-29, 2008 Suleyman Demirel Cultural Center Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.iscis2008.itu.edu.tr ======================================================================== We would like to remind you that the paper submission deadline for the ISCIS-08 conference is approaching. We invite you to submit papers for the twenty-third ISCIS Conference which aims to bring together computer scientists and engineers from around the world. This year's conference will be held at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), in Istanbul, the 2010 European Capital of Culture (http://www.istanbul2010.org). There will be invited talks given by leading researchers in their field: Jake Aggarwal - Computer Vision and Recognition of Human Activities Paul Havinga - Smart Dust - science, fiction, or a real business opportunity Chunming Qiao - Optical and Wireless Integration for Access and Metro Networks Jaideep Srivastava - Data Mining for Social Network Analysis Detailed information on the invited talks are announced at the conference website: http://www.iscis2008.itu.edu.tr/talks.php Papers and posters will be presented in five main tracks: A. COMPUTER VISION, GRAPHICS AND INTELLIGENCE - Computational and Artificial Intelligence - Computer Vision - Image and Video Processing - Pattern Analysis and Recognition - Bioinformatics - Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality - Human-Computer Interaction - Natural Language Understanding B. NETWORKS - Wireless Communication and Networks - Optical Networks - Multimedia Communication and Software - Performance Monitoring, QoS and Reliability - Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks - Traffic Engineering - Network Security - Communication Software and Services - Cognitive Radio C. DATA MANAGEMENT AND MINING - Databases - Data extraction and Reporting - Information Retrieval - Web Data Management - Web Information Systems - Multimedia DB's - Mining Data, Text, and the Web - Metrics in data mining - Data Mining for Software Quality Assessment - Visualization Tools - Biomedical Data Mining D. PARALLEL DISTRIBUTED AND GRID SYSTEMS - Grid and cluster computing - Parallel and distributed programming - Distributed systems and algorithms - Parallel numerical algorithms - Peer to peer computing - Theory and algorithms for parallel computation - Scheduling and load-balancing - Performance prediction and evaluation - High performance architectures and compilers - Mobile and ubiquitous computing - Fault Tolerant and Reconfigurable Computing Systems - Support tools and environments E. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS - Programming Techniques - Software Engineering - Programming Languages - Theory of Computing - Algorithms - Mathematical Logic - Operating Systems HONORARY CHAIR Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Muhittin Gokmen, ITU (Conference Chair) Sema Oktug, ITU Zehra Cataltepe, ITU PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS A: Computer Vision, Graphics and Intelligence Symposium Muhittin Gokmen, ITU Zehra Cataltepe, ITU Anil K. Jain, Michigan State University B: Networks Symposium Sema Oktug, ITU Aysegul Yayimli, ITU Erdal Cayirci, Un. of Stavanger C: Data Management and Mining Symposium Sule Gunduz-Oguducu, ITU Mustafa Kamasak, ITU Tamer Ozsu, Waterloo University D: Parallel Distributed and Grid Systems Symposium Turgay Altilar, ITU Yakup Paker, Queen Mary University of London Olivier Beaumont, Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique E: Theoretical Foundations Ozgur Ulusoy, Bilkent University Ugur Gudukbay, Bilkent University Bedir Tekinerdogan, University of Twente Important Dates: - Submission deadline: May 12, 2008 - Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2008 - Camera-Ready copies & registration due: August 14, 2008 Paper Submission and Publication: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts written in English. Papers must contain original work not published or under revision elsewhere. All submissions will be refereed by experts in the field based on originality, significance, quality, and clarity. Papers should be prepared following IEEE format, double column, minimum 10-pt fonts and up to 6 pages. For submission instructions, and more information about the conference please refer to http://www.iscis2008.itu.edu.tr.