[Acpc-l] I2TS'2002 - International Information Technology Symposium

[Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare]

                        CALL FOR PAPERS
I2TS'2002 - International Information Technology Symposium
                      Florianopolis, SC, Brasil
                        October 01-05, 2002
                           www.barddal.br
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                       IMPORTANT DATES
07    September  2002    Electronic Paper Submission
21    September  2002    Acceptance/Rejection Notification
01-05 October    2002    Symposium in Florianopolis SC Brasil

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                  SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
The International Information Technology Symposium (I2TS'2002)
will take place at Barddal University (from Tuesday to Friday)
and at BeiraMar ShoppingCenter (on Saturday).

I2TS'2002 serves as a forum for people from academia,
industry and research labs, for presenting recent research results
in Information Technology Applications.
I2TS'2002 will include Technical Sessions, Tool Sessions,
Panels, Tutorials and MiniCourses.
The proceedings will be published in CD-ROM.

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                   SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of
significance. Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable.

The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:
-          Information Technology
-          Distributed Information Technology
-          Retrieval Information Technology
-          BioInformatic Technology
-          Biological Inspired Techniques
-          Software Agent Technology and its applications
-          Wireless and Mobile Networking and Computing
-          Real-Time and Multimedia Systems
-          Security and Privacy
-          Web-Based Systems and their applications
-          Broadband and Telecommunication Networks and Software
-          Parallel and Distributed Systems
-          Formal Methods and Validation Techniques
-          Applications and Case Studies

Authors of both regular and tool papers are strongly encouraged to submit
their papers in electronic form (PDF, PostScript or MicrosoftWord).
Papers should be written in English or Portuguese and should
not exceed 8 pages (IEEE format, details at www.barddal.br).
Each submission, must be sent to m.notare@computer.org
and accompanied by the following information: a short abstract,
a complete list of authors and their affiliations,
a contact person for correspondence, postal and e-mail addresses.

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                         TOOLS SESSION
Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing tools suitable
for on-line demonstration. The tools papers will undergo a regular
review process and will be published in the conference proceedings
in a dedicated tools session. Standard microcomputers will be available.
The authors are required to bring any additional equipment.

         CALL FOR TUTORIALS AND MINI-COURSES
Proposals for half-day or full-day Tutorials or MiniCourses
are solicited on timely topics related to the above areas.
The proposal must include description and biographies.

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   PROGRAM COMMITTEE

 Mohammed Almulla, Kuwait University, Kuwait
 Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy
 Mario Calmet, IEEE LatinAmerica, Peru
 Maria Ines Castiñeira, Unisul, Barddal University, Brasil
 Teresa Dahlberg, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
 Helen Karatza, Aristotele University of Thessaloniki, Greece
 Mohamed M. Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
 Gabriele Kotsis, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
 Venkatakrishnan Lakshminarasimhan, Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore
 Sotiris Nikoletseas, Patras University, Greece
 Michela Meo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
 Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brasil
 Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Penna Neto, Visionnaire Inc., Brasil
 Bernardo Goncalves Riso, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brasil
 Bikas K Sinhá, Indian Statistical Institute, India
 Joao Bosco Mangueira Sobral, Federal Univ. of Santa Catarina, Brasil
 Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Austrália

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair
   Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University

Program Co-Chairs
   Maria Ines Castiñeira, Unisul, Barddal University
   Bernardo Goncalves Riso, Federal University of Santa Catarina

Tools Co-Chairs
   Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Penna Neto, Visionnaire Inc.
   Eduardo Rezende, BrasilTelecom

Tutorials and MiniCourses Co-Chairs
   Joao Bosco Mangueira Sobral, Federal University of Santa Catarina
   Gabriela Natacha Bechara, Barddal University

Publicity Co-Chairs
   Cristiano Maciel, Unirondon University
   Patricia Fisch, Barddal University

Panels Co-Chairs
   Erico Olavo Weissheimer, Barddal University
   Vera Rejane Niedersberg Schuhmacher, Barddal University

Registration Co-Chairs
   Otavio Souza, Barddal University
   Valter Oliveira, Barddal University

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
   Eliana Limongi, Barddal University
   Marcia Cristina Schiavi Dazzi, Barddal University

Publication Co-Chairs
   Rogério dos Santos Silva, Barddal University
   Plinio Pereira Duarte, Barddal University

Finance Chair
   Jose Newton Perão, Barddal University

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