2nd ACIS Annual International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS '02) August 8-9, 2002 Hotel Lotte World, Seoul, Korea In Cooperation with Software Engineering & Information Technology Institute (SEITI), Central Michigan University, U.S.A. Sponsored by the International Association for Computer and Information Science (ACIS), U.S.A. & Korea Information Processing Society (KIPS), Seoul, Korea. URL: http://acis.lsfk.org/ E-mail: lee1ry@cmich.edu or acis@lsfk.org CALL FOR PAPERS Conference Chair The International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Applications (SERA ’03) brings together researchers, practitioners, and advanced graduate students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results and research-in-progress about all aspects (theory, applications and tools) of Software Engineering Research and Applications, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. The conference will cover a broad set of research topics as: Jin Wook Chung President Korea Information Processing Society, Korea Internet Technology and Applications Track Software Engineering and Information Engineering Track Communication Systems & Networks Track Mobile/Wireless Computing Track Visual and Multimedia Computing Track Parallel and Distributed Computing Track Economic and Financial Systems Track Control Systems Track Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing Track Systems Track Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms Track Component-Based Software Engineering Track Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Artificial Intelligence, Education and Training Track Computer Science, Information Science and Information Technology Information Management Systems and Management Information Dale Karolak Vice President Magna Atoma Latching Systems, U.S.A. Program Co-chairs Hae Sool Yang Hoseo University, Korea hsyang@office.hoseo.ac.kr Submission of Papers Atsushi Togashi Shizuoka University, Japan togashi@cs.inf.shizuoka.ac.jp We solicit research and experience papers as well as research-in-progress and practitioner reports in any of the technical areas listed above. 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. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Submissions, refereeing, and all correspondence will be conducted by e-mail. Send your full paper (not to exceed 15 double-spaced pages) via e-mail as an attachment document (not part of your e-mail) either in Word, postscript, or pdf format. Korean authors should send their full papers to Prof. Yang, Japanese authors should send their full papers to Prof. Togashi, and all other international and the U.S. authors should send their papers to Prof. Primeaux. David Primeaux Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.A. dprimeau@saturn.vcu.edu T 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. Professors Yang, Togashi, Primeaux will be the Guest Editors of this special issue. Important Dates Full Paper Submission: Acceptance Notification: Camera-Ready Papers & Pre-Registration: May 20 , 2002 June 10, 2002 July 01 , 2002 Tutorials/Workshops/Panels Co-chairs Young Bin Kwon, Chungang University, Korea ybkwon@visionnet.cse.cau.ac.kr Brian Malloy, Clemson University, U.S.A. malloy@cs.clemson.edu Publicity Co-chairs Sylvanus Ehikioya, University of Manitoba, Canada Walter Dosch, Medical University of Lubeck, Germany Haeng-Kon Kim, Catholic University of Daegu, Korea Tadanori Mizuno, Shizuoka University, Japan Coskun Bayrak, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Naohiro Ishii, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan Yanggon Kim, Towson University, U.S.A. Jong Sung Sunwoo, Hoseo University, Korea Local Arrangements Chair Jeung Bae Lee, Sunmoon University, Korea jblee@email.sunmoon.ac.kr International Program Committee Hamid Abachi, Monash Univ., Australia Silvia Acuna, Univ. Nacional de Santiago del Estero, Argentina Gail Ahn, Univ. of North Carolina – Charlotte, U.S.A. Shakil Akhtar, Lucent Technologies, U.S.A. N. Alexandridis, George Washington Univ., U.S.A. You-Hwan An, Handysoft, Korea Doo Hwan Bae, KAIST, Korea Du-Kweon Baek, Korea Univ., Korea Coskun Bayrak, Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock, U.S.A. Mario Barbacci, Software Engineering Institute, USA Lee A. Belfore, Old DominionUniv.,U.S.A. Pere Botella, Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain Nieves Brisaboa, Universidad de Coruña Ki-Joon Chae, Ehwa Womans Univ., Korea T. Y. Chen, Swinburne Univ. of Technology, Australia Yuh-Shyan Chen, National Taipei Univ., Taiwan Chia-Chu Chiang, Univ.of Arkansas at Little Rock, U.S.A. Byungju Choi, Ewha Womans Univ., Korea James Choi, California State Univ. at Fullerton, U.S.A. Manolis Chrisostalis, Zeus Consulting, Greece Tai-Myung Chung, Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea Andrew L.L. Chye, National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore Bin Cong, California State Univ. at Fullerton, U.S.A. Óscar Dieste, Universidad Alfonso X, Spain Walter Dosch, Medical Univ. of Lubeck, Germany Anthony Fong, City Univ. of Hong Kong, China Hacene Fouchal, Univ. of Reims, France Ramón García, Instituto Técnico de Buenos Aires, Argentina Paul Garratt, Unvi. of South Ampton, UK Mari Georges, ILOG, France Jorge L. Díaz-Herrera, Southern Polytechnic State Univ., U.S.A. Jin-Pyo Hong, Hankuk Univ. of Foreign Studies, Korea Frank Houdek, Daimlerchrysler, Germany Gongzhu Hu, Central Michigan University, U.S.A. Chih-Cheng Hung, Southern Polytechnic State Univ., U.S.A. Suk-Hyung Hwang, Sunmoon Univ., Korea Tetsuo Ideguchi, Aichi Prefecture University, Japan Dan Ionescu, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada Naohiro Ishii, Nagoya Institute Technology, Japan Narayana Jayaram, Univ. of North London, UK Mun-Jae Jung, KwangJu Univ., Korea Nobuo Kawaguchi, Nagoya University, Japan Chang-Jun Kee, Hoseo Univ., Korea Ki-Hyun Keum, eTimesinternet Co. Ltd., Korea Byung-Ki Kim, Chonnam Nat’l Univ., Korea Gil-Jo Kim, ETRI, Korea Jai-Hoon Kim, Ajou Univ., Korea Jeong-Ah Kim, KwanDong Univ., Korea Myong-Ok Kim, Ewha Womans Univ., Korea Myung-Jun Kim, ETRI, Korea Supanat Kitcharoensakkul, Asian Institute of Tech., Thailand Chang-Hoon Lee, KonKuk Univ., Korea Juhnyoung Lee, IBM T. J. Watson Reaearch Center, U.S.A. Kwang-Hyung Lee, KAIST, Korea Annie Liu, Oracle, U.S.A. Xiaoqing Frank Liu, Univ. of Missouri-rolla, U.S.A. Marta Lopez, Fraunhofer Inst. for Exp. Software Eng., Germany Brian Malloy, Clemson University, U.S.A. Paul McCullagh, Univ. of Ulster, UK Toshimitsu Masuzawa, Osaka Univ., Japan Pascale Minet, INRIA, France R. Mirandola, Univ. of Rome, Roma, Italy Nammee Moon, Ehwa Womans Univ., Korea Juan Carlos Trujillo Mond, Universidad de Alicante, Spain Maurizio Morisio, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Koji Nakano, JAIST, Japan Fernando Naveda, Rochester Institute of Technology, U.S.A. Thomas Noel, Univ. LouisPasteur, France Morrison Obeng, Bethune-Cookman College, U.S.A. Hae-Seok Oh, Soongsil Univ., Korea Hye-Jung Jung, PyongTaek Univ., Korea Jung-Ho Park, Sunmoon Univ., Korea Man-Gon Park, Bukyung Univ., Korea Nohpill Park, Oklahoma State Univ., U.S.A. Seok-Cheon Park, KyungWon Univ., Korea Su-Yong Park, Sogang Univ., Korea Dietmar Pfahl, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany Monique Picavet, Univ. of Lille 1, France Vinod Prasad, Bradley Univ. U.S.A. Marek Prochazka, Charles Univ.,Czech Republic N. Raja, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India Philippe Roose, LIUPPA, France Hwa-Suk Ryu, Hansol Telecom Co., Korea M Isabel Sanchez, Universidad Carlos III, Spain Fumiaki Sato, Shizuoka University, Japan Carolyn Seaman, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, U.S.A. David Seme, Univ. de Picardie, France Forrest Shull, Fraunhofer Center, USA Andres Silva, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain Almudena Sierra, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain Seija Komi-Sirvio, VTT, Finland Yeoung-Tae Song, Towson Univ. U.S.A. Ju-Suk Song, Yonsei Univ., Korea Rogelio Soto, Center for Artificial Intelligence, Mexico Jiro Tanaka, Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan David Taniar, Monash Univ., Australia Yoshihiro Tsujino, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan Roberto Uzal, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Raimundo Vega, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile Sira Vegas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Won-Il Kim, Aju Univ., Korea Yanggon Kim, Towson Univ. U.S.A. Tetsuo Kinosihta, Tohoku Univ., Japan Andy Ju An Wang, Southern Polytechnic State Univ., U.S.A. Peng-Yeng Yin, Ming Chuan Univ., Taiwan Cui Zhang, California State Univ.- Sacramento, U.S.A.