PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, e-Business, and Applications (CSITeA’02) June 6-8, 2002 Hotel International Foz and Convention Center, Foz do Iguazu, Brazil In Cooperation with Software Engineering & Information Technology Institute (SEITI), Central Michigan University Sponsored by the International Association for Computer and Information Science (ACIS) URL: http://acis.lsfk.org E-mail: acis@lsfk.org ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The international conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, e-Business, and Applications brings together computer scientists and engineers, computer developers and users, professionals in computer science, information science and business, and students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, research results and research-in-progress about all aspects (theory, practice, applications and tools) of computer science, information technology and their applications. The conference will include Keynote presentation, Tutorial presentations and technical paper presentations. The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings to be distributed during the conference. For further information and updates, please visit the ACIS web site at http://acis.lsfk.org The Topics will include, but are not limited to, the following: Agent Based Systems Algebraic methods in language processing Algorithm Development Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Expert Systems Automated deduction Autonomous System Biomedical Systems and Engineering Component-Based software engineering Component-Based Development Computational geometry Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Computer Architecture and VLSI Computer Modeling and simulations Computer networks Computers in education Computing Practices and Applications Concurrent programming Concurrent-program verification Context-sensitive grammars Control systems, Intelligent Systems Data Communications Data mining & data warehousing Distributed computing technology Dynamic distributed systems Efficient data dependence analysis Environmental Systems Fault-tolerant distributed and parallel systems Formal methods Genetic and evolutionary computation GUI design Image Processing & Pattern Recognition Information Systems and Databases Information Technology and applications Internet computing: JAVA, CORBA, XML Internet Environments, e-commerce Knowledge management systems Mathematics of program construction Multimedia applications, Web Applications Multi-threaded programming Neural algorithms, neural networks and Fuzzy Logic Object Oriented Analysis and Design Object-oriented Software Engineering and CASE Operating Systems Parallel computing Parallel and Distributed systems Programming languages and compilers Project management and experiences Prototyping techniques Reliability & Reusability Signal Processing Software development environment Software development for electronic commerce Systems and applications Software Engineering Tools and Techniques Software maintenance & software metrics Software requirements and specifications Software quality assurance and standards Software testing and Tools Theory of games and decisions. Transportation Systems, Energy System Unified modeling languages and applications Visualization, Computer Graphics Web based software engineering Submission of Papers We solicit research and experience papers as well as research-in-progress and practitioners reports in all areas of computer science, software engineering, information technology, e-business and applications. Submissions, refereeing, and all correspondence will be conducted by e-mail. Please include a cover page (1st page) containing paper title, authors (indicate primary contact person), address, affiliation, e-mail address, phone number, fax number, topic area of your paper. The 2nd page starts off with paper title, abstract, keywords (5-7), and text. The program committee will review each submission and judge it with respect to its originality, significance, and relevance. Send your full paper (not to exceed 15 double-spaced pages) or an extended abstract (3-4 pages) via e-mail as an attachment document (not part of your e-mail) either in Word, postscript, or pdf format to the appropriate conference coordinator on or before January 15, 2002. (a) All countries (except in Europe and North America), please send submissions to: (b) All countries in Europe and North America, please send submissions to: Daniel Riesco or German Montejano Narayan C. Debnath Universidad Nacional de San Luis Departmento Informatica Ejercito de los Andes 950 5700 San Luis, Argentina Winona State University Computer Science Department Winona, MN 55987, USA e-mail: Debnath@vax2.winona.msus.edu e-mail: driesco@unsl.edu.ar or gmonte@unsl.edu.ar Note. All presented papers will be reviewed for journal submission. At the end of the conference, session chairs and program committee members will recommend some authors of well presented papers be invited to submit extended versions of their presented papers for publication in a special issue on "Computer and Information Science" of the International Journal of Computer and Information Science. Prof. Narayan Debnath will be the Guest Editor of this special issue. Submission of Tutorials/Workshops/Panels Send your proposal (3-4 pages) to the Tutorial Chair via e-mail by January 15, 2002. It should include a description of the tutorial and an outline of the material to be presented, and the qualifications of the presenter. The tutorial is normally 3 hours long. IMPORTANT DEADLINES Full Paper or Extended Summary Submission: Acceptance Notification: Camera-ready Paper & Registration Due: January 15, 2002 February 28, 2002 March 30, 2002 Conference Location The conference will take place at the Hotel Internacional Foz and Convention Center, Foz de Iguazu, Brazil. The Iguazu is easily accessible from all major international airports in Argentina, Brazil, and other countries. The spectacular Iguazu Falls and beautiful rain forests located in Iguazu (Argentina) and Foz de Iguazu (Brazil), the border of Argentina and Brazil, is one of the most popular tourist attractions in South America. The Hotel Internacional and Convension Center provides an excellent facilities for an international conference as well as for conference participants. Many important sight seeing tours including the famous Iguazu Falls, Macuco Safari and Rain Forests will be available for the conference participants and guests during the conference. General Conference Chair Narayan C. Debnath Winona State University, USA Conference Program Co-chairs Narayan Debnath Winona State University, USA Information Technology and e-Business Track Chair Carlos Tomassino Universidad Tecnologica Nacional de Buenos Aires , Argentina Tutorial Chair Roberto Uzal Universidad Nacional de San Luis , Argentina e-mail: ruzal@unsl.edu.ar Program Coordinators Daniel Riesco and German Montejano Universidad Nacional de San Luis , Argentina